American tennis legend Andre Agassi has admitted using crystal methamphetamine a year before he won the French Open in 1998, and that he lied to the sport’s governing bodies in the same period about a positive drugs test to avoid a ban.
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Del Potro U.S. Open win is ‘dream come true’
Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro has told CNN that beating world number one Roger Federer to win the men’s U.S. Open title at Flushing Meadows was a “dream come true.” The 20-year-old upset the odds to clinch a 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win in New York, a victory that brought an end to his Swiss opponent’s five-year stranglehold on the event.