Agassi wrote in his soon-to-be-released autobiography Open that he ingested crystal meth and then lied to the governing body of men's tennis to avoid a suspension after failing a doping test.
Excerpts from the book revealed that eight-time Grand Slam champion Agassi admitted he used crystal meth in 1997 and said he had wriggled his way out of a suspension after a positive drug test. (he claimed in a letter to officials that he drank it out of his mysterious assistant Slim's soda can)
Besides admitting to using crystal meth in the book, Agassi also wrote that he swallowed a pill given to him by his father - apparently when he was a junior player - that may have been the amphetamine speed.
Other major revelations that could make the book a best seller includes his admission about using a wig in the 1990 French Open and how his relationship with Brooke Shields died out because of her not caring much about him.
An interesting revelation says that Brooke Shields, just before their marriage, had pinned Steffi's picture on her refrigerator for motivation to get in better shape before their wedding.
"It's a photo of the perfect woman, she says" Agassi wrote. "The perfect woman with the perfect legs — the legs Brooke wants."
Agassi, who is now married to tennis great Steffi Graf, is a former top-ranked player who won all four Grand Slam titles.
He has also raised tens of millions of dollars for at-risk youths in his hometown of Las Vegas and opened a preparatory academy there.
Agassi reportedly received at least $5 million for the book; the first printing is a half-million copies, a relatively high number in publishing.
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