Suffering from severe back pain and unable to draw strength from the wildly partisan crowd, the 36-year-old Agassi sobbed uncontrollably after a prolonged standing ovation following his third-round defeat.
Agassi, one of only five men to win all four Grand Slams, was unable to deliver his best performance due to severe back pain that forced him to take several cortisone injections over the past week.
He had trouble bending, reaching and backpedaling, problems that allowed the 25-year-old Becker to take control of the match early.
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