ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS: Former tennis world No 1 Andre Agassi will make his professional debut in the fast-growing sport of pickelball next week when he teams up with top-ranked Anna Leigh Waters for the mixed doubles at the US Open Pickleball Championships.
Invented in 1965 by a group of American friends, pickleball is a fast-paced paddle sport similar to tennis and badminton played on smaller courts using a perforated plastic ball, and interest has skyrocketed in recent years.
Waters, 18, is the Professional Pickleball Association’s top-ranked player in the world for singles, doubles and mixed doubles and Agassi said he would likely weigh her down.