Multiple Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi and Indian tennis legend Rohan Bopanna alongside former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes made their appearances for the Pickleball World Rankings (PWR) grand launch of its pickleball league, the PWR DUPR India League press conference at ITC Parel Mumbai. Here is all you need to know (Pic: Ashish Rane)
Updated On: 2024-12-13 09:11 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
While the former world No 1, eight-time Grand Slam winner and Atlanta Olympics gold medallist Andre Agassi described tennis as the most difficult racket sport in the world, he said pickleball is not as financially straining and technical to learn
"I will always defend tennis as the most difficult racket sport in the world. There's nothing close to it. It demands the maximum from you physically, mentally (and) emotionally. It is skill (based) and physicality (is) unmatched", Agassi said
Agassi, who is the co-owner of DUPR, which claims to be the most accurate rating system in pickleball, said the learning phase in pickleball isn't as strenuous as it is in tennis or even cricket
Agassi said pickleball, which has basic elements of tennis with the game being played in singles and doubles across a shorter court with paddles and a ball, has made a strong impact on the people in the USA
"But everybody will go from tennis to pickleball. Everybody that plays tennis will at some point in their life go to pickleball", Agassi concluded
