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What playing pickleball with Agassi taught me about finding purpose

The former US tennis great prioritises participation over success and is on a mission to bring pickleball to the Australian Open.

Michelle Bowes
Michelle BowesWealth reporter

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As befits a Las Vegas native, Andre Agassi is a showman. But it’s not a label the former tennis great has always worn comfortably.

A flamboyant character on court during his heyday in the 1990s, Agassi says his racquet-smashing antics and bad boy behaviour were more a cry for help than a performance.

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Michelle Bowes writes about wealth from our Sydney newsroom. She has more than 20 years of experience as a business journalist and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls. Email Michelle at michelle.bowes@afr.com

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