Agassi formidable
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Jericho, New York
The No. 2 seed, Andre Agassi, continued his winning ways yesterday, defeating the No. 4 seed, Yannick Noah, of France, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 to capture the $NZ298,300 Hamlet Challenge Cup tennis tournament. • Agassi, an 18-year-old who ranks No. 4 in the world and who had won six tournaments coming into the Hamlet event, has now won 22 consecutive matches. He is in good form going into the U.S. Open today. Meanwhile, Steffi Graf, of West Germany, will be looking to complete a Grand Slam by winning the Open. Yesterday she won her fifth straight tournament, the United Jersey Bank Classic in Manwah, New Jersey.
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Press, 30 August 1988, Page 40
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