Our latest Fourhand installment features a legacy athlete opting for a different sport, a pair of celebrated performers, and more.
SERVE IT LIKE BECKHAM? Turns out David Beckham's interest in tennis extends well beyond Wimbledon appearances and a cameo at last week's WTA event in Dubai: His 12-year-old son Romeo "could have a serious tennis future."
GRAND SLAM THEORY Eugenie Bouchard visited her friend Jim Parsons on the set of The Big Bang Theory recently, and the winsome young WTA star was all smiles even as "Sheldon Cooper" stuck to his brooding guns. (No word yet as to whether Parsons followed in likewise famous footsteps by falling asleep on her shoulder.)
LEGENDS Suffice it to say Mr. Agassi is not Andreading the day when Serena Williams might top his wife, Steffi Graf, in the all-time singles Grand Slam department. Graf's other half has shared that it would be "a beautiful thing to watch." That's not such the far cry from thoughts on Serena that he shared with the Spin here just after she was named to the TIME 100 list in May 2014: "From an athletic perspective, I’ve always had a great deal of respect for what she does out there on the court. I’ve struggled at times with the fashion in which she’s gone about it, but she’s one heck of a competitor. And sometimes we see the worst of it, but most of the time we see something that we all should admire." Agassi knows a thing or two about records being broken himself, as, weeks ago, Novak Djokovic nixed his record haul of four Australian Open crowns. (Note: Agassi made his statements about Serena in an interview at an Indianapolis charter-school opening he partially funded.)
CHURLISH MUCH? Andy Murray's on-court personality has been described in this column at times as that of a grousing louse. That's not to say he's not self-aware, though. Word is The Complaint Artist Known as Muzz is rather fed up with his own in-match behavior as well, which he has remarkably returned to recently after letting go of it under Ivan Lendl's tutelage. He even terms it "embarrassing." It will be most interesting to see how he operates at the next Grand Slam–scale event, May's rendezvous at Roland Garros, and even at Indian Wells and Miami. The Scot lost last week to 18-year-old phenom Borna Coric, who was subsequently and soundly dispatched by Roger Federer.
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