Agassi set to make return after two-month injury layoff

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2005

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — On the eve of his return from a two-month injury layoff, Andre Agassi spoke like a man ready to make some more magic on the tennis court, not one ready to say farewell to his sport.

The 35-year-old American was set to face French lucky loser Jean-Rene Lisnard here Tuesday in an opening-round match at a 380,000-dollar ATP hardcourt event. Agassi's second-round foe would be American Kevin Kim.

Agassi has not played an ATP match since an opening-round loss at the French Open in May. A nagging sciatic nerve problem kept him out of Wimbledon for the second year in a row and fueled rumors his days on the tour might be numbered.

"I want to feel healthy," Agassi said. "I want it to be about the tennis. I haven't played matches in a while so this...