Overview
- Agassi and Blake clinched the winner-take-all event Wednesday at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, closing the team contest 3-1.
- In singles, Anna Leigh Waters beat James Blake in straight sets, while Andre Agassi outlasted Genie Bouchard in three, which sent the result to doubles.
- The deciding doubles match, worth two points, went to Agassi and Blake in straight sets, 25-23 and 21-16, after they controlled key rallies at the kitchen line.
- Agassi and Blake targeted Bouchard and steered shots away from Waters, a plan Agassi said was built on limiting touches for the sport’s top-ranked 19-year-old.
- This ESPN-televised showcase used a compact format of two singles and a two-point doubles and, as an unsanctioned exhibition, it carried no APP, MLP or DUPR ranking impact while featuring the Slam’s first full-time pickleball pro in Waters.