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- his crib to develop his eye
- movement. When Andre
- could sit in a high chair,
- Mr. Agassi would stick a
- Ping-Pong paddle in his
- hand and toss him a balloon partly filled with water. By the age of five, Andre had ΓÇ£practicedΓÇ¥ with tennis greats Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Bjorg.
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- When Andre was 13, Mr. Agassi enrolled him in the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, in Bradenton, Florida. Many young tennis
- players who wanted to go into the pros would develop and train there. By 1986, at the age of 16, Andre decided to turn pro.
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- Unlike other players who wore white shorts, Andre dressed in colorful shirts
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