Agassi out due to injury

Andre Agassi has pulled out of next week's Wimbledon championships because of injury. Agassi said that it was a regrettable decision and he would miss playing in the tournament. The exact nature of his injury was not disclosed. Agassi also missed last...

Andre Agassi has pulled out of next week's Wimbledon championships because of injury.

Agassi said that it was a regrettable decision and he would miss playing in the tournament.

The exact nature of his injury was not disclosed. Agassi also missed last year's Wimbledon due to a hip injury, the first time since 1997 that he had not played at the All England Club. He was absent eight years ago after his world ranking dropped to 141.

The 35-year-old, who is ranked sixth in the world, won his first grand slam title when he defeated Croatian Goran Ivanisevic in a five-set Wimbledon final in 1992.

The American has since won four Australian Opens, two US Opens and one French Open. Agassi also lost the 1999 Wimbledon final to Pete Sampras.

Women's world number 14 Elena Bovina of Russia has also withdrawn from Wimbledon because of a shoulder injury.

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