Wimbledon fans make Andre Agassi feelings clear as immediate plea sent to BBC

Wimbledon viewers have quickly made their feelings clear about Andre Agassi's role for BBC Sport. The 55-year-old was in the commentary box as defending champion Carlos Alcaraz took on American Taylor Fritz in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Friday.

Agassi won eight majors during his iconic playing career, including triumphing at SW19 in 1992. He has also coached Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov since retiring in 2006 and even made his professional pickleball debut earlier this year. However, it was Agassi's role as a broadcaster that impressed plenty of tennis fans, with most being impressed by the level of insight he provided on the BBC as the intriguing Wimbledon semi-final unfolded on Centre Court.

Taking to X, one fan wrote: "Thoroughly enjoying Andre Agassi's commentary on the Alcaraz/Fritz match.....first time I've come across him in this role....has a great voice to listen to and enjoying all the anecdotes and contributions." Another added: "Andre Agassi on commentary should be a regular thing on tour, so insightful."

It was an opinion shared by many, with a third viewer writing: "Andre Agassi a revelation in the commentary box. Amazing analysis what a tennis brain." The BBC received another ringing endorsement of Agassi's work: "Loving the Andre Agassi commentary @BBCSport."

A fifth fan posted: "Andre Agassi on co-commentary for the men's semi...what a get by the BBC, great insight from him." A sixth said: "Really impressive deconstruction of the action from Andre Agassi. So insightful."

The general feeling towards Agassi was summed up by one viewer, who posted: "Just loving hearing Andre Agassi's analysis on Fritz v Alcaraz match. A real gem! Well done @BBC Wimbledon." While another joked that fans should take action to get him a permanent role: "Petition to just have Andre Agassi on comms."

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Agassi previously worked as an analyst for TNT Sports and watched on from the BBC's commentary box as Alcaraz clinched the first set 6-4, continuing his attempt to win Wimbledon for the third year in a row.

Fritz, who is enjoying his best-ever run at the All England Club, claimed the second set 7-5 as he targeted the second Grand Slam final of his career after finishing runner-up at last year's US Open.

Alcaraz arrived at Wimbledon having won the French Open and clinched the title at Queen's. He reached the last four after defeating British hopeful Cameron Norrie in straight sets.

"I'm just really happy to be able to play another semi-final here at Wimbledon," Alcaraz said ahead of his semi-final with Fritz. "It's something really special and something that I wanted to do at the beginning of the week.

"I'm really happy with the level that I played today against a difficult player like Cam. I'm pretty sure that there is nobody working harder than him, so I'm happy to see him playing these kinds of matches."

Meanwhile, Fritz admitted his relief after overcoming Karen Khachanov in his quarter-final. "I'm feeling great to get through it," Fritz explained. "I feel like the match was going so well for me for two sets. I've never had a match really just flip so quickly, so I'm really happy with how I came back in the fourth set and got it done. I think the momentum was definitely not going to have been on my side going into a fifth."