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ShareLondon: Tennis golden boy Andre Agassi has revealed that he confessed to using crystal methamphetamine and dodging a drugs ban in his tell-all autobiography so that people can learn from his difficult times.
Agassi may face Wada 'perjury wrath' over claims of taking speed. The WADA asked tennis bodies to investigate the possibility of a perjury case against the tennis player
The American tennis legend revealed his use of the substance in his new autobiography "Open" and that he received a call from a doctor working for the ATP in the autumn of 1997 to inform him that he had failed a drug test.
Agassi explained that he protested his innocence and lied, saying the meth was only in his system as he'd drank a friend's spiked drink. He was spared punishment, The Mirror reports.
"It wasn't easy to be so candid. I didn't want to hurt anyone," explained Agassi, 39, in a video to promote his book.
"I wasn't keen on embarrassing myself, but I felt my story was one from which many people could learn: difficult childhood, unhappy first marriage, struggle with professionalism, feeling of inadequacy."
Agassi's had also revealed that his father Mike Agassi asked him to take the drug speed before a tournament and that his taking it, angered the World Anti-Doping Agency.
