El Enlace de Ensueño - La Boda de Andre Agassi y Steffi Graf

Jaden, el orgullo de Andre Agassi y Steffi Graf

Los especialistas subrayan que tiene un puesto en el béisbol profesional, aunque las previsiones son diferentes este año debido al coronavirus, que ha dejado el Draft en cinco rondas y no las 40 habituales. Además, el vástago de la famosa y laureada pareja de ex campeones de tenis acaba de operarse un codo.

Independientemente de lo que suceda en la elección, tiene puesto asegurado para debutar, a sus 18 años, en la Universidad del Sur de California (USC), tras destacar en un campus como uno de los nuevos talentos del estado de Nevada, ya que la residencia oficial familiar es Las Vegas.

“Amo el béisbol. Amo a los compañeros de equipo, sobreviviendo y peleando como hermanos. Cada partido es un nuevo conjunto de desafíos y realmente me encanta resolverlos”, señala Jaden en la web oficial de la MLB.

Satisfacción parental y también cierto alivio, ya que el estadounidense y la alemana nunca escondieron que no querían que Jaden ni la más pequeña Jaz Elle (16 años) se asomasen al tenis.

Steffi era profesional a los 14 años, empujada por un padre dominante, Peter, que acabó en la cárcel por sus trapicheos económicos. Andre se declaró con el tiempo víctima de la obsesión del ex boxeador iraní Mike Agassi, llegó a aborrecer el tenis. No querían una experiencia igual para sus niños. “No queríamos entrometernos, queríamos que hicieran su camino”, explicaba Andre. Jaden nunca cogió la raqueta, si jugaba más, de vez en cuando, Jaz. “Si me dijera que quería ser tenista, hubiera respirado hondo y la hubiera apoyado”, matiza.

Career

Given his family background, Jaden’s athletic career is of significant public interest.

However, unlike his parents’ careers, Jaden’s path doesn’t involve individual sports but a team-oriented sport, which might differ in terms of personal spotlight and pressure.

though he is still in the early stages of his career, Jaden is ranked no. 172 overall, and No.2 in Nevada, according to Perfectgame.org.

Jaden Agassi appeared in 13 games and made 9 starts for the USC Trojans. During this time, he pitched to a 1-1 record with 22 strikeouts in 34.1 innings of work. Additionally, he finished the season with a 3-2 record and a 4.34 ERA in 15 appearances, including 10 starts.

Career Earnings

During her career Steffi earned $21 million in tournament prizes. That's the same as around $40 million in today's dollars. She earned tens of millions more from endorsements.

In 1995 Steffi was accused of tax evasion by German tax authorities. Authorities actually went so far as to arrest Steffi's father, a former used car salesman who managed her finances, for failing to pay income on $25-35 million of her earnings. That constituted roughly every penny she had earned up to that point playing tennis professionally. The Grafs were also accused of writing off $700,000 worth of legal and other expenses that were allegedly used to cover up an extramarital affair conducted by Peter.

Steffi was questioned but placed the blame entirely on her father, who was eventually convicted and sentenced to 45 months in prison. He served 25 months. Steffi had to pay 1.3 million Deutsche Marks in penalties and fines.

At a particularly low point during the saga, July 1996, Steffi was playing in a Wimbledon match when a fan yelled out "Steffi, will you marry me?!" After attempting to gather herself and holding back a laugh for a bit, Steffi finally replied "how much money do you have?!" much to the audience's delight:

They got married in 2001

Days before Graf was due to give birth to their first child in October 2001, she and Agassi tied the knot in a low-key ceremony. The tennis star revealed in his memoir that he and Graf invited their mothers and a Nevada judge to their house, where they exchanged vows in their courtyard “barefoot and wearing jeans.” The couple used twists of old raffia that Graf found in a drawer for their wedding bands.

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