Agassi’s fling with Barbra Streisand 28 years older was like ‘dating hot lava’

Tennis legend Andre Agassi has recounted the time he dated Barbra Streisand and what it was like wearing ‘hot lava’.

The American former tennis pro was one of the actress’s most famous dalliances during her single life in the 1990s. Most interestingly, though, was the fact that Agassi at the time was some 28 years her junior. The Hollywood star used to attend some of his games and the then-young sports-star would gesture to her in the crowd.

When pressed on their relationship at the time, Agassi would say the two just had a ‘very special friendship’ and that the film star was ‘a real good friend, more than that I cannot say.’

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Agassi did finally come clean about what really went on between the pair. He wrote in his autobiography that he was "fascinated" by Streisand.

"Dating Barbra Streisand is like wearing Hot Lava," Agassi recounted.

Ultimately the two parted ways as Agassi married fellow tennis player Steffi Graf and Streisand married James Brolin, the American actor and father of Josh Brolin.

Agassi reached the heights of No.1 in the world during his tennis career, and won eight Grand Slam titles with one of those coming at Wimbledon. He won the Australian Open four times with the last of these coming in 2003.

He retired after the 2006 US Open where he was knocked out in the third round by qualifier Benjamin Becker.

Now 52, he's been married to tennis legend Steffi Graf since 2001 and they have two children together.

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