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Agassi withdraws from Sydney Games

NEW YORK --7 September 2000

       Olympic champion Andre Agassi has withdrawn from the Sydney Games in order to stay close to home with his mother, Elizabeth, and sister, Tammee, who are both battling breast cancer, the US Tennis Association announced on Wednesday. "For personal reasons, as a consequence of a family medical situation, I will not be able to participate in the upcoming Sydney Olympics," Agassi said in a statement released by the USTA. "My time and attention should be with my family during this period. "I wish all of the US athletes great success and know that you will return more enriched by your experience."

       The 30-year-old Agassi, who won the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta games, also was the defending champion at the US Open but he went out in the second round to Arnaud Clement of France. Agassi and girlfriend Steffi Graf are the only players in tennis history to have captured all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal during their careers. Graf did it all in one year in 1988, a feat that has been called the "Golden Slam." The USTA will make a decision as to whether to replace Agassi on the American squad in the next few days.