ANDRE AGASSI is relishing being back in tennis circles – and will be reunited with a BBC commentator after his on-air spat in 2025.
Agassi stepped away from tennis after retiring in 2006 to focus on his family – he has two children with fellow legend Steffi Graf – and his foundation.
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Andre Agassi sat down with JattvibeSport in New York Credit: JattvibeSport
He had a tense exchange with Andrew Castle during live BBC commentary last year Credit: PA
But with his kids Jaden and Jaz leaving home, he has returned to the sport, both as a TV pundit and the new Team World Laver Cup captain.
Agassi did some work at Wimbledon on the BBC but clashed with Andrew Castle in a tense exchange that went viral.
Castle repeatedly cut across the eight-time Major winner’s analysis to point out celebrities in attendance for the 2025 semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz.
He even tried to make the former world No1, making his BBC debut, play a game of ‘guess the VIP’.
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But a frustrated Agassi replied: “Don’t torture me. Let me finish my point.
“People watching are watching for tennis, not for this.
“Do not ask me about people that you show on television because this is my weakness.”
Now, though, Agassi is looking forward to being back on the Beeb and sharing a commentary booth with Castle and Tim Henman.
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The American told JattvibeSport at The Wimbledon Court event in New York: “I’ll be there for a few days.
“I might do something with BBC at the end, maybe with Tim and Andrew for the semis.
“I haven’t decided if I’m going to watch the final or maybe commentate on it. I don’t know, we’ll play it by ear.”
Agassi added: “We raised our children until we were in that empty-nester phase.
“So there’s more bandwidth now, and tennis has given me the opportunity to spend those years with my children.
“So any way that I can contribute back is something that I felt committed to, and now I just have more ability to do it.
“It’s not a lot, I’m not always out there, I’m not there for long periods of time – but where I can, I like to.”
This Wimbledon is actually Castle’s last with the BBC.
The broadcaster, 62, is stepping down as the lead commentator after more than two decades.
But he hinted he was pushed out by the Beeb, who effectively demoted him by reportedly dropping him from the 2027 men’s final.
The decision particularly stung because next year would be a milestone for Castle personally as Wimbledon celebrates its 150th anniversary.
Castle told The Telegraph: “Am I upset? Yeah, I was upset, and I will stay that way this year, knowing it’s my last. But all good things come to an end.
“It would have been my 25th year. But who’s bleating?”
