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[Ed]

Open" is a journey that I predict will stay with you for a very long time. It's a completely unexpected trip to places you've never been. After 20 pages, I knew that this was unlike any other biography I had ever read. Couldn't put it down. The story is about perseverance, intelligence and raw talent all baked together into a very, very large American life.

I really liked this book.

[Alokmahajan]

its great anyone read pete sampras

[Harish]

Ed wrote: "Open" is a journey that I predict will stay with you for a very long time. It's a completely unexpected trip to places you've never been. After 20 pages, I knew that this was unlike any other biog..."
I totally agree with you @Ed. It is unlike many other autobiographies,where people try to paint a halo around themselves. Agassi was honest and humble. He neither tried to portray himself as a superhuman nor wallowed in self-pity. I enjoyed every bit of it and finished it in a single sitting.

[Jeffrey]

I read it a while ago, and also read Jimmy Connors' "The Outsider." Very different books. As a near-lifelong player and fan, I was disconcerted by Andre's visceral contempt for much of what he had to go through, and for much of the game itself - in sharp contrast to the emotions he showed at winning, and retiring... did he really hate the game? Obviously not, yet he hated what his father put him through.
Connors, on the other hand, saved his contempt for his opponents and the "country club" atmosphere that surrounded tennis when he came to it. He was indeed the consummate outsider, and brought the street brawler instinct to every match in his long career.
So... Andre comes across as a victim, while Connors comes across as a brash malcontent who took great pleasure in taking on every sacred cow he could find.