Loading ...
Currently viewing the category: "Hewitt"
Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt (R) shakes hands with David Nalbandian (L) of Argentina after their first round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2011. Nalbandian won in five sets. EPA/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT fotoglif912972 Three huge cups of coffee into this morning, and I was still regretting [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal of Spain (2nd R), Roger Federer of Switzerland, Sam Stosur (R) of Austrlia and Kim Clijsters of Belgium (L) embrace at a Rally for Relief tennis match to raise money for victims of Australia’s flood disaster ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne January 16, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (AUSTRALIA – Tags: SPORT TENNIS) [...]
Continue Reading →Here are some highlights from Sunday’s final between Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Hewitt won it 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Click here for more video from the Gerry Weber Open website, including footage from both Federer’s and Hewitt’s post-final pressers.
Continue Reading →The night before Lleyton Hewitt beat Roger Federer in the finals of Halle, the two old buddies spent time together at Gerry Weber Open Fashion Night. Did Lleyton know something we didn’t? He seems awfully cheerful in all of these photos. Hmmm. . . “Lleyton, did you spike the punch?”
Continue Reading →Lletyon Hewitt said it, I didn’t: “Roger’s a hell of an opponent; his grass-court record speaks for itself. Any time you play Roger on a grass court you know you’re in for a hell of a battle and I was lucky to get out of today’s match.” World No. 32 Lleyton Hewitt defeated Roger Federer [...]
Continue Reading →Let’s start with the obvious: Scary good and Especially Relentless against Stosur Everyone else (including Justine) has No chance to win the Australian Open AND: Free to Experiment with his plan D Even Hewitt Realized that the match was an Entertaining Recreation for Roger Disagree? Consider this an acrostic smack down. Roger Federer probably won’t [...]
Continue Reading →Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. [...]
Continue Reading →With Andy Roddick and James Blake leaving Davis Cup off their 2010 calendars and Roger Federer pulling out of a much anticipated first round tie against Spain, I’ve been wondering about the future of Davis Cup as an elite, world-class event. It seems the players have been, too. Members of the ATP players’ council, which [...]
Continue Reading →Gael Monfils, Juan Martin Del Potro, Lleyton Hewitt and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cracked some sake barrels at the Japan Open’s welcome reception on Tuesday. It was a konnichiwa/sayonara moment del Potro, who was booted out of the tournament in the first round. What is Tsonga so giddy about? And where are Lleyton Hewitt’s arms? Hair twins! [...]
Continue Reading →I missed the Roddick vs. Hewitt thiller! Why? Because NBC’s “protected” tape-delayed coverage messes up everything here in the Western time zone, and it makes hunting for tennis on t.v. akin to wandering the Sahara without a map. NBC’s live streaming option may be too little, too late, but it beats drinking my own pee. [...]
Continue Reading →
