NEW YORK—Ever since pickleball took the nation by storm, the “pickleball vs. tennis” debate has drawn a line between the court sports. Former world No.1 Andre Agassi, always associated with tennis, believes pickleball fills a deeper need for people.
“If you have your weekend-warrior match in tennis and I give you tickets to Alcaraz-Nadal playing down the street, you’re going to give up playing to watch,” Agassi said at Life Time’s New York City pickleball event on Monday, “but with pickleball, if I say the best are playing down the street, you’d say, 'Well, what about us? What about our game? We want to play.' It’s a real participation-centric activity.
“I love watching pickleball, but only until I get to that point of wanting to go play it.”
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