Agassi defends drugs confession

Former Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi has defended his decision to publish the fact that he took crystal meth during his tennis career and then lied to the authorities to avoid a ban.

Speaking from his home city of Las Vegas, where he is promoting his autobiography, 'Open', which is published today, he said: “I can’t tell my story without telling my story. It wasn’t an option for me to do a book that was a fraud of who I am or what I’ve been through.