TheLostXanadu
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All are American tennis pros who went bald during their career. Important to note is that tennis a looks-centered sport. It's a mental sport, and so the camera is zoomed in on your face during those 30 seconds between points. All 3 of these guys had different reactions to their hair loss.
Agassi's was simple. I've read his autobiography. He spends an entire chapter telling about how his hair loss affected his life. He says that he lost the 1992 French Open because he was paranoid about moving quickly and risking losing his hair piece!!!! That's right: he lost a grand slam title because he was afraid of people seeing his baldness, which he'd eventually have to expose anyways.
Agassi wearing a hair piece:
Agassi after shaving his head and growing some facial hair:
The thing to take home from this is that everyone views Andre as a weak character. He would've been better off shaving his head when he first knew he was doomed (he said all the men in his family had gone bald, so he knew he was doomed).
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Now let's move on to Andy Roddick.
When he was a junior, he was a "pretty boy."
In his early 20's, his hair loss was obvious to anyone with a keen eye, but it was still not prominent.
But it was rapidly increasing! From 2004 until retirement in 2012, he wore a hat to cover it.
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The big scare was in 2010 when he dived for a ball and his hat fell off.
From then on, everyone knew he was an insecure balding guy.
He's finally starting to embrace it.
Agassi's was simple. I've read his autobiography. He spends an entire chapter telling about how his hair loss affected his life. He says that he lost the 1992 French Open because he was paranoid about moving quickly and risking losing his hair piece!!!! That's right: he lost a grand slam title because he was afraid of people seeing his baldness, which he'd eventually have to expose anyways.
Agassi wearing a hair piece:
Agassi after shaving his head and growing some facial hair:
The thing to take home from this is that everyone views Andre as a weak character. He would've been better off shaving his head when he first knew he was doomed (he said all the men in his family had gone bald, so he knew he was doomed).
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Now let's move on to Andy Roddick.
When he was a junior, he was a "pretty boy."
In his early 20's, his hair loss was obvious to anyone with a keen eye, but it was still not prominent.
But it was rapidly increasing! From 2004 until retirement in 2012, he wore a hat to cover it.
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The big scare was in 2010 when he dived for a ball and his hat fell off.
From then on, everyone knew he was an insecure balding guy.
He's finally starting to embrace it.
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