On The Brink Of Defeat, Agassi Recovers To Earn Fourth Consecutive Title

Even after fending off two match points and rallying to beat Richard Krajicek, Andre Agassi refused to give himself much credit for winning the Volvo International tennis title.

“I just got a little lucky, that’s all,” he said after beating Krajicek 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 in Sunday’s final in New Haven, Conn.

“There’s no excuse for me to win this match. I was down match point twice against a guy serving bombs,” Agassi told the crowd after the match.

The win gave the world’s top-ranked player his fourth straight title and career-best seventh of the year. The $150,000 prize pushed his 1995 earnings to $1,992,946.

Agassi, who needed little more than an hour to eliminate each of his first four opponents this week, got off to a bad start against Krajicek.

After losing his service only four times leading up to the final, Agassi was broken five times, the last time putting him in a 6-5 hole in the second set.

Sweden’s Thomas Enqvist won his fourth title of the year, beating Bernd Karbacher of Germany 6-4, 6-3 at the RCA Championships in Indianapolis.

In Mashpee, Mass., Bjorn Borg broke an eight-match losing streak to Jimmy Connors, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the Mentadent Champions tournament.