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Heroic tale about, yes, Spanish tennis player (6)

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I believe the answer is:

agassi

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'spanish tennis player' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'heroic tale about yes' is the wordplay.
'heroic tale' becomes 'saga' (saga is a kind of heroic tale).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'yes' becomes 'si' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'saga' in reverse letter order is 'agas'.
'agas'+'si'='AGASSI'

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(Other definitions for agassi that I've seen before include "tennis star" , "Andre --, tennis player" , "champion of the court?" , "Andre --, tennis champ" .)

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