LONDON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Tennis legend Andre Agassi of the United States advanced into the third round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Thursday with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 victory over Italian Andrea Seppi.

    In the third round, Agassi, the 1992 champion who is playing the event for his 14th and final time, will meet Rafael Nadal in the match--up of generations.

    Young gun Nadal, crowned the king of clay for his total dominance of the surface over the past two seasons, came from two sets to love down to beat qualifier Robert Kendrick 6-7 (4-7), 3-6,7-6 (7-2), 7-5, 6-4.

    "I played well all the match, with very good attitude," said the two-time French Open champion. "From two sets down I tried to put him under pressure, I played with my best attitude.

    "It's a very important win, I"m very happy."

    Agassi, who has seen it all on court at age 36, will be keen to prove himself against the 20-year-old world number 2, whose grasp of the grass game is still in its infancy - but improving fast.

    "He's very confident, great competitor," said the veteran with 46 Wimbledon victories. "Needless to say, very talented and fit. It's gonna be a hard match."

    Fellow American Mardy Fish joined Agassi in advancing with a 6-2, 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Dutchman Melle Van Gemerden.

    In the women's draw, holder Venus Williams rallied from an early upset loss to win five games in a row in the second set as Lisa Raymod served for the second-round upset.

    That scenario never came to pass, with three-time champion Williams squeezing out a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-2 victory.

    The only seed to lose early was Swiss number 8 Patty Schnyder, dropped by Severine Bremond of France 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

    Number 4 Maria Sharapova rolled over American Ashley Harkleroad6-2, 6-2 while Russian seventh seed Elena Dementieva rallied past Meghann Shaughnessy 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.

    Ninth seed Anastasia Myskina made it a Russian hat-trick with her demolition of German Martina Muller 6-2, 6-1. Enditem