Have you ever wondered what happens to a tennis great when his tour days are over? Agassi works hard to improve his school, Johnny Mac entertains tennis fans through his blunt but insightful commentary and Mats Wilander... he apparently makes house calls in his Winnebago to teach just about anyone how to play tennis.
I'm not sure what is most surprising from this article - it could be the fact that he has a Puerto Rican telephone number that people call to set up their own fantasy camp or maybe that he sleeps in parking lots and then the next morning gets up and runs old people through a drill called "the heart attack."
Whichever one it is, the whole story is an interesting look into one ex-athlete's life where he's decided not to take the conventional post-tennis cushy job. Mats Wilander loves tennis and he apparently loves to drive ridiculous distances to teach random people how to play tennis for significantly less than he's worth. That a boy Mats!

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