He might be 32 but the record Australian Open victory won't be Andre Agassi's swan song.

A year ago it might have been, but not now.

Rejuvenated and re-invented through the discipline imposed by his South Australian coach Darren Cahill, Agassi is looking to 2003 like he was 10 years younger.

As a grand slam winner he is already in the year-ending Masters Cup in Houston, Texas and then there is the prospect of playing mixed doubles with his wife Steffi Graf at this year's French Open.

Agassi became the second oldest man to win the Australian Open since Ken Rosewell did it in 1972 aged 37.

What is more remarkable is that he conceded the fewest games to his opponent in the tournament's 98-year history - or equal to those long forgotten victories by Pat O'Hara Wood in 1923 and John Hawkes in 1926.

He demolished German Rainer Schuettler 6-2 6-2 6-1 in 73 minutes, igniting the possibility of fighting with 21-year-old Hewitt for top spot.

Beating Hewitt was particularly inspirational for him.

"For me it's a big deal because in what I assess when it comes to me continuing to play this game is, if I play my best tennis, can I still win?

"That's really important to me because I need to be able to sort of shoot for that. If I can't even shoot for it, then really I don't know where I would find my sort of desire, inspiration,"Agassi said.

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