US OPEN CLASSIC

Was it the best tennis match in US Open history? Probably not. But it was certainly one of the most memoriable, if not the most memoriable.

For just under four-hour on Thursday evening (and into Friday morning), Andre Agassi and Marcos Baghdatis went "at it" in front of what had to be the loudest crowd in the history of tennis. Sports has a tendancy to bring forth emotions that normally aren't there. Last night was one of those examples.

In a match were Agassi was in control for most of the match until midway through the fourth set. Just eight points from victory, Agassi saw the eighth ranked Baghdatis raise his game and the next 75 minutes of tennis was something to behold. Certain theatre that will be replayed over-and-over on ESPN Classic and during rain delays of upcoming tennis tournament.

What made it so amazing to me was the effort that was on display. Pardon the old clinche' reference but those two were going at it like two heavyweight fighters. It was just an awesome display of tennis and drama that had controversial calls, physical exhaustion, head shaking moments and times of sheer nervousness.

Will the 36 year old Agassi continue this run all the way to a championship? If he did it will be along the same lines of the 1980 US Hockey team winning Olympic Gold! One thing that is for sure, Agassi will go down swinging.