Andre Agassi confirms BBC plan after Andrew Castle exposed his 'weakness' at Wimbledon

Andre Agassi has confirmed he will return to BBC commentary for the latter stages of Wimbledon, putting to rest any lingering tension from an on-air exchange with commentator Andrew Castle at last year's championship.

The uncomfortable moment took place during the semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz when Castle repeatedly interrupted Agassi to highlight celebrities in the Royal Box and pressed the former Wimbledon champion to identify some of the VIPs. Agassi responded by telling Castle: "Don't torture me. Let me finish my point. People watching are watching for tennis not for this. Do not ask me about people that you show on television because this is my weakness."

Despite the seemingly tense exchange, Agassi has decided to rejoin the BBC team. The American, who is married to fellow tennis great Steffi Graf, said: "I'll be there for a few days. I might do something with BBC at the end maybe with Tim Henman and Andrew for the semis. I haven't decided if I'm going to watch the final or maybe commentate on it. I don't know we'll play it by ear."

Agassi's involvement in future broadcasts comes as he enters a new life phase. His two children have now left home, providing more availability. He explained: "We raised our children until we were in that empty-nester phase. So there's more bandwidth now and tennis has given me the opportunity to spend those years with my children. So any way that I can contribute back is something that I felt committed to and now I just have more ability to do it."

Castle has insisted that last year's interaction was exaggerated. He stated: "That's the difference between the transcript and the reality we had a great time. We had a laugh and they took it out of context. Afterwards Andre sent me a text saying what an unbelievable time he'd had and how he enjoyed it. We had a series of just amazing texts and messages that we swapped afterwards and it was fantastic."