Go, Andre!

When Flippy and I first moved to Las Vegas, we fostered two little sickly kittens for the NSPCA.  We had the honour of naming them, so we named the Siamese “Stewie”, after the character on “Family Guy”, and we named the little orange tabby, “Andre”, after Andre Agassi.  We figured Andre Agassi was one of Vegas’ most famous exports, so it seemed like a good name for a cute little guy.  Thoughts of those two kittens went though my mind tonight, as we watched the human Andre Agassi play a match at the U.S. Open, perhaps his last.  I used to love watching tennis on TV, but have grown away from it since Bjorn Borg left the game (yes, that was a long time ago!), but I’ve had a great time watching Andre play.  We watched him win a tough match on Monday, and another one tonight, knowing that the first match he loses in this tournament will be the last match he plays in his career.  The poor guy is in rough shape with back problems… he walks a lot like Flippy did prior to her surgery, but worse.  There’s something pretty inspirational about watching a sore and tired “old man of the tennis world” dig down deep to win these tough matches (against opponents who are theoretically young enough to be his children).

Assuming his back holds up, Andre Agassi will play another match sometime in the next couple of days, and I encourage you to check it out if you’re a tennis fan.  I wonder what ever happened to our little foster kitten Andre, and if the shelter kept his name?  He’d be 7 years old now, which is about 44 in human years —I hope he’s holding up better than his namesake!

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Added after the fact:

Evolution and appreciation of Agassi

Agassi’s Career Comes to a Close With a Loss

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 08/31 at 11:39 PM

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  1. I have had my share of back troubles and I can not imagine playing a game of tennis with back pain.  All that jumping and twisting.. he must be in agony.

    Posted by Coll  on  09/02  at  08:30 AM

  2. We should all be holding up half as well as Mr. Agassi. This middle-aged father is rooting hard for the former endorser of Canon Rebels. And eventually, all of us vets end up with back problems, too, don’t we? (My sciatica seems to lessen with each point he makes. Strange, but true.)

    Posted by arlo muttrie  on  09/02  at  11:20 PM
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