Agassi makes 1st return to Australian Open

[January 25, 2013]  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Andre Agassi says one of the biggest regrets of his career was waiting until 1995 -- a full decade after turning professional -- to play in the Australian Open.

It took him a while to return to Melbourne after his retirement in 2006, too.

Agassi walked into the news conference room at Melbourne Park on Friday in his first trip back to the tournament since his loss to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in 2005.

The four-time Australian Open champion pulled out his cell phone and snapped a photo of the reporters crammed into the tiny space, asking, "Do you mind if I memorialize this for posterity?"

Now 42 and the father of two children with wife Steffi Graf, Agassi is in Melbourne to take part in a ceremony before the men's final in Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night.

[Associated Press; By JUSTIN BERGMAN]

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