Associated Press reports that eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi will be honored in this year’s US Open, celebrating the charity efforts made by the tennis legend.
The ceremony will take place on the first day of US Open competitions on August 31, 2009.
The former world number one started the Andre Agassi Foundation fifteen years ago. One of the organization’s major projects is the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas.
Agassi won the U.S. Open twice during his 21-year tennis career (1994, 1999).
