Senior writer Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated interviews Andre Agassi; Wertheim and host Richard Deitsch discuss the interview and Agassi’s future. Here is the podcast.

I love Jon’s Tennis Mailbag. Did you know that he has a law degree from University of Pennsylvania?

If you missed Andre Agassi’s 60 minutes interview, you can still watch it, where else, but on YouTube:-)

Part 1, Part 2, (YouTube) Full interview (60 minutes).

Buy Agassi’s Open: Autobiography . The link is on your right!

Have you ever wondered what American Andre Agassi and Argentine David Nalbandian have in common?  Both famous tennis players are of Armenian origin.  Nalbandian began playing tennis at age five when his Armenian grandfather built a cement court in his backyard in Cardoba, Argentine. Agassi’s father is also Armenian who immigrated to the U.S. from Iran. Agassi’s middle name, Kirk, is after Armenian American tycoon Kirk Kirkorian, who hired Agassi’s father Mike to work in one of his casinos. Later they became good friends.

David Nalbandian plans to visit his ancestrial homeland Armenia in early October, where he will give a master class and play an exhibition match with Armenia’s top tennis player Harutyun Sofyan.

New York Times has a story about Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero’s recently inaugurated new luxury hotel near Valencia, Spain. Four years ago Ferrero bought a 19th-century house and 120,000 square feet of land and spent seven million euros to renovate it. The Hotel Ferrero has 12 suites, a swimming pool, a spa, two restaurants and, tennis courts. Rates start at 250 euros a night.

Ferrero is not the first tennis player who enjoys “playing” real estate. Andre Agassi and his wife, Steffi Graf — another tennis superstar— have hotels being built in Costa Rica and in Idaho.

For more photos visit hotelferrero.com. (The site is built in Flash which I find very irritating, but the pictures are beautiful.)