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Posted: 22.03.09 14:22. Post subject: Ллейтон Хьюитт
Birthdate: 24-Feb-81 Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia Residence: Adelaide, Australia Height: 5'11'' (180 cm) Weight: 170 lbs (77 kg) Plays: Right-handed Turned Pro: 1998 Coach: Tony Roche
Current South African Airways ATP Ranking: 77 Best South African Airways ATP Ranking: 1 (19-Nov-01) Current ATP Doubles Ranking: 983 Best ATP Doubles Ranking: 18 (23-Oct-00)
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Posted: 22.03.09 14:37. Post subject: До 13 лет помимо тен..
До 13 лет помимо тенниса играл в австралийский футбол, затем решил сосредоточить свои силы на корте. В 1997 году стал самым молодым участником основной сетки на Australian Open. В 1998 году стал профессионалом, победил на домашнем турнире в Аделаиде, обыграв в полуфинале Андре Агасси, попал в первую сотню рейтинга. В 1999 году сыграл в основной сетке всех четырех турниров «Большого шлема», вышел в три финала турниров ATP, завоевал титул в Делрей-Бич и поднялся на 25 строчку рейтинга. В 2000 Хьюитт выиграл четыре турнира, дважды добрался до полуфиналов и один раз пробился в финал на турнирах серии «Мастерс», вышел в полуфинал на US Open и дебютировал на Tennis Masters Cup. Год закончил седьмой ракеткой мира. 2001 стал годом прорыва для Хьюитта. Ллейтон вышел в четвертьфинал «Ролан Гаррос», а затем выиграл US Open, обыграв в финале десятую ракетку мира Пита Сампраса. Кроме того, завоевал четыре титула ATP, пять раз выходил в полуфиналы Masters и выиграл итоговый турнир Tennis Masters Cup. Стал самой молодой первой ракеткой мира. В 2002 Хьюитт победил на «Уимблдоне», обыграв в финальном поединке Давида Налбандяна. На US Open дошел до полуфинала, выиграл Masters в Индиан-Уэллсе, в третий раз подряд вышел в полуфинал Miami Masters. Также играл в финалах Masters в Цинциннати и Париже, во второй раз подряд победил на итоговом турнире Masters Cup. Завоевав за год пять титулов ATP, сохранил за собой первую строчку рейтинга по итогам сезона. 2003 сложился для Хьюитта не лучшим образом. На «Уимблдоне», где он должен был защищать титул, Ллейтон выбыл в первом же раунде. На US Open впервые за три года не сумел выйти в полуфинал. Победил только на двух турнирах, в том числе подтвердив титул в Индиан-Уэллсе. Опустился на 16 строчку рейтинга. В 2004 Ллейтон сыграл в четвертьфиналах «Роллан Гаррос» и «Уимблдона», в финале US Open он уступил Роджеру Федереру. Также вышел в финалы «Мастерса» в Цинциннати и итогового турнира, где снова проиграл Федереру. Победил на четырех турнирах ATP и стал третьей ракетой мира по итогам сезона. В 2005 году Хьюитт впервые попал в финал домашнего Australian Open, но проиграл в финале Марату Сафину. На «Уимблдоне» и US Open Хьюитт вышел в полуфинал, и в обоих случаях уступил Роджеру Федереру. Завоевать третий титул в Индиан-Уэллсе Хьюитту снова помешал швейцарец. За год Хьюитт победил только на одном турнире, в домашнем Сиднее, тем не менее, Ллейтон сохранил место в Топ-5. 2006 и 2007 годы можно назвать самыми неудачными в карьере Хьюитта. В августе 2006 он повредил правое колено и до конца года сыграл только на двух турнирах. По итогам сезона замкнул первую двадцатку рейтинга. В 2007 впервые с 1999 года не вышел ни в один четвертьфинал на турнирах «Большого шлема». Играл в полуфиналах Masters в Гамбурге и Цинциннати, победил в Лас Вегасе. По ходу сезона получил травмы, выбыв сначала на два месяца, затем еще на один. Год закончил на 21 строчке рейтинга. Сезон 2008 начал четвертым кругом Australian Open, где проиграл будущему чемпиону Новаку Джоковичу. После «Ролан Гаррос»-2008 ему сказали, что необходима операция на бедре. Он продолжал играть до Олимпиады, после которой врачи поставили его перед фактом, что отказ от операции будет означать конец его карьеры. У него не было выбора, и остаток сезона Хьюитт провел за лечением и восстановлением. 2008 год стал первым в его профессиональной карьере, в течение которого он не выиграл ни единого титула.
И все же время не прошло даром – 11 декабря его дочка Мия стала старшей сестрой мальчика Круза. Большой любитель автомобилей Хьюитт, который за карьеру заработал 17 000 000 долларов, теперь с удовольствием покупает игрушки для своего мальчика. Так недавно он купил Porsche Cayenne, мотивируя это тем, что это семейный автомобиль, гораздо более практичный, чем Ferrari 360 Spider, который в 2004 году он приобрел лично для себя. Что касается тенниса, многие специалисты задаются вопросом – не потерял ли остепенившийся семьянин Хьюитт свой яростный бойцовский дух, который позволял ему достигать теннисных вершин, не обладая суперталантом. Сам он утверждает, что нет, и первые признаки его возвращения налицо. А дальше покажет время, ведь Коннорс, выиграл последний домашний турнир «Большого шлема» в 30 лет.
Дебютировал за сборную в 1999 году. Двукратный победитель и двукратный финалист Кубка Дэвиса. В 2000 году был назван «Самым сексуальным человеком планеты». Четыре года встречался с Ким Клийстерс.
Posted: 25.03.09 11:33. Post subject: Lleyton Hewitt's..
Lleyton Hewitt's commitment to Davis Cup threatens grand slam season
Lleyton Hewitt's fierce commitment to Davis Cup threatens to cruel his grand slam season and scupper his hopes of a return to the world's top 10.
Hewitt continues his desperate quest for rankings points at this week's Miami Masters, but time is running out for the former world No.1 to secure an all-important seeding for the French Open and Wimbledon.
Hewitt has dropped 15 places to world No.92 following his second-round exit in Indian Wells and has bang on two months to reclaim a position in the top 32 ahead of the season's second slam commencing in Paris on May 25.
The good news is a second-round effort in Miami constitutes the only points Hewitt has to defend between now and the French Open after he missed the bulk of last season's European claycourt season through injury.
The bad news is Australia's Davis Cup playoff against India from May 8-10 - on hardcourt - is likely to deny Hewitt vital tournament appearances at the Rome and Madrid Masters Series events.
Hewitt's manager David Drysdale said he would rather see his patriotic charge focus on his individual career, but accepted that was not an option for Australia's most successful Davis Cup singles player.
"Because Australia is involved in the zonal playoffs, which are not played at the same time as the (Davis Cup) World Group (ties), we play right in the middle of the clay season," Drysdale said.
Complicating matters is the fact the Asia-Oceania third-round tie - which Australia must win to advance to a World Group playoff in September - is scheduled for Chennai during the Indian elections.
The lucrative IPL cricket tournament, which also clashes with the elections, has already been shifted to South Africa because the Indian government cannot provide sufficient security for both events.
The International Tennis Federation will consider switching the tie to a neutral venue, or possibly even Australia - but neither scenario would help Hewitt's schedule.
The Rome Masters concludes on May 4 and the Madrid Masters begins on May 10.
"If it's home in Australia, it's impossible to play somewhere like Madrid because it finishes the day Madrid starts," Drysdale said.
"And if he plays Rome, he may get to the tie late."
The Davis Cup dilemma has increased pressure on Hewitt to perform well in Miami and at the other tournaments he is able to contest between now and Roland Garros.
Hewitt has drawn a qualifier for his opening match, with French no.7 seed Gilles Simon awaiting in the second round.
After Miami, Hewitt will launch his 2009 claycourt campaign in Houston and he has requested a wildcard for the Monte Carlo Masters starting on April 12.
Hewitt reached the third round at last year's French Open and fourth round at Wimbledon.
Posted: 26.03.09 12:06. Post subject: Australia's Lley..
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt rallied from a first-set deficit to down Israeli lucky loser Dudi Sela 3-6 6-4 6-3 at the Miami Masters.
Hewitt, who has fallen to 98 in the world as he battles to come back from left hip surgery, dropped his serve five times but capitalized on six of his own 11 break chances to notch the win in just under two hours.
Hewitt said the swirling winds made for a difficult match for both players.
"He's played matches in qualies, he was probably more acclimatized than I was," Hewitt said.
"He mixes it up, and it's not easy out there in the wind. One minute you think it's coming straight down court, and then you get a couple of gusts from the side. It's tough to dictate play and tough to serve well."
Hewitt, a two-time Grand Slam champion who reached three straight semi-finals in Miami from 2000-2002, will next face seventh-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, who received a bye into the second round.
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Posted: 26.03.09 16:07. Post subject: Федерация тенниса Ав..
Федерация тенниса Австралии попросила ITF перенести гостевой матч Кубка Дэвиса против сборной Индии в другую страну по соображениям безопасности, сообщает Reuters. В то же время хозяева матча уверены в том, что им удастся обеспечить безопасность во встрече, которая должна пройти 8-10 мая.
"Мы уверены, что матч состоится в Индии. Мы гарантируем безопасность нашим австралийским гостям. Даже после атаки террористов на Мумбай 26 ноября 2008 года турнир ATP в Ченнае всё же состоялся", — заявил исполнительный директор индийской ассоциации тенниса Ранбир Чаухан.
Posted: 27.03.09 15:59. Post subject: Если чесно, не ожида..
Если чесно, не ожидала, что Хью выиграет. Дуди Села - тот еще рыжик, если упирается, то ничем не отличается от занозы в мягкой части тела - и не вытащишь, и сидеть неудобно. Ушла спать после первого проигранного Хью сета уверенная, что мимо пролетит, потому утром было очень приятно удивлена. Здорово!
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Posted: 27.03.09 17:14. Post subject: solovey Там был вете..
solovey Там был ветер плюс Села товарищ цепкий, но да порадовал продемонстрировал свой знаменитый характер, давненько Ллейти этого не показывал от почему и радостно за него Cегодня в 0.00 мск предстоит тяжелій наверное матч с Симоном, но в то же время нужно побеждать
Posted: 28.03.09 17:40. Post subject: Симона нужно побежда..
Симона нужно побеждать только вот чем??? Пока что нечем. 8 матчей выйграли и 8 проиграли, эти цифры показывают как сейчас играет Хьюитт.Хард, любимый хард, Хьюитт провалил как бы так сказать..впереди грунт, где физическая форма ой как важна, а у нас еще не до конца залечена травма бедра, и вот наверно это и играет самую большую роль в таких результах, все выйгранные матчи это благодаря его характеру, на одном характере не пройдешь... так что ждем улучшения физического состояния и грунта.Может быть на грунте покачает мячик..так и форма прийдет. Ах...пускай еще прийдет и 1 подача..
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Posted: 28.03.09 18:11. Post subject: Пожалуй я тоже выска..
Пожалуй я тоже выскажусь но более глобально Началось все еще в конце прошлого века, в 2000-2003 гг Ллейти был одним с лучших тенесистов мира( а с 2001-2003 лучшим) за счет чего он был лучшим, опять таки это не сгибаемый характер, сумасшедшая скорость передвижения по корту, отличная игра на контратаках. В начале 2003 года случилось 2 определяющих события в карьере Ллейтона, это по сути то что Роджер Федерер наконец повзрослел, а главное это болезнь Ллейти(зря он пошел в родную школу наведать детей и учителей ). С 2003 года теннис начал немного по другому развиватся, после той болезни Хьюи так и скорость былую не мог вернуть, он был парень скажем так шустрый но не спортивного телосложения, в 2003 году начал работу с Роджером Рашидом он решил сделать ставку на физику, Ллейтон и стал накаченым и стал физически сильнее это дало сво результаты в 2004-2005гг, но потом что то сломалось, с 2006 года Ллейтона постояно преследуют травмы. Сложно признать но нужно, что Хьюи в период 2003-2008 было заторможение развития, и когда он при Роче начал развиватся в тенисном плане, то на него навалилось и семья, и травмы не дающие покоя, и то что сейчас много прекрасных молодых игроков. С точки зрение сможет ли Хью вернутся в ТОП-10, думаю нужно необращать внимание на рейтинг, играть в свое удовольствие играть в силу того что на даный момент может Ллейт показать на корте, а на что Ллейти будет претендовать думаю покажет грунтовый сезон.
Что касается игры с Симоном трудно предположить что было картинки не было, возможно бедро или спина беспокоило, а возможно был ветер не думаю что в нормальных условиях Ллейт бы только взял одну свою подачу и то 13 гейме матча
Posted: 30.03.09 12:34. Post subject: DAVIS CUP HAMPERS HE..
DAVIS CUP HAMPERS HEWITT'S COMEBACK Darren Walton
Lleyton Hewitt's fierce commitment to Davis Cup is threatening to ruin his grand slam season and scupper his hopes of a return to the world's top 10.
The bad news is Australia's Davis Cup playoff against India from May 8-10 (on hardcourt) is likely to deny Hewitt vital tournament appearances at the ROME and MADRID MASTERS Series events.
Hewitt's manager, David Drysdale, on Wednesday said he would rather see his patriotic charge focus on his individual career, but accepted that was not an option for Australia's most successful Davis Cup singles player. "Because Australia is involved in the zonal playoffs, which are not played at the same time as the (Davis Cup World Group (ties), we play right in the middle of the clay season," Drysdale said.
If I had my way, he wouldn't play. "But there's no way he won't play."
Complicating matters is the fact the Asia-Oceania third-round tie - which Australia must win to advance to a World Group playoff in September - is scheduled for Chennai during the Indian elections.
The lucrative IPL cricket tournament, which also clashes with the elections, has already been shifted to South Africa because the Indian government cannot provide sufficient security for both events.
The International Tennis Federation will consider switching the tie to a neutral venue, or possibly even Australia - but neither scenario would help Hewitt's schedule.
The ROME MASTERS concludes on May 4 and the MADRID MASTERS begins on May 10.
"If it's home in Australia, it's impossible to play somewhere like Madrid because it finishes the day Madrid starts," Drysdale said. "And if he plays Rome, he may get to the tie late."
The Davis Cup dilemma has increased pressure on Hewitt to perform well in Miami and at the other tournaments he is able to contest between now and Roland Garros.
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Posted: 01.04.09 14:56. Post subject: Ллейтон и Бек Хьюитт..
Ллейтон и Бек Хьюитты подали судебный иск на австралийский журнал для женщин New Idea за публикацию, в которой утверждалось, что в жизни Бек появился новый мужчина. Хьюитты рассказали изданию Herald Sun, что публикация сопровождалась фотографиями брата Бек, Шона Картрайта, сообщает TENNIS.com
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Posted: 04.04.09 09:13. Post subject: US Men's Clay Co..
US Men's Clay Court Championships
James Blake vs Guillermo Canas (WC) Taylor Dent vs Marcos Daniel Evgeny Korolev vs Leonardo Mayer Daniel Gimeno Traver vs Maximo Gonzalez Jeremy Chardy vs Qualifier Guilermo Garsia Lopez vs Qualifier Serhio Roitman vs Augustin Calleri Lleyton Hewitt vs Diego Junqueira
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Posted: 08.04.09 18:48. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, вернувшийся в тур после операции на бедре, прокомментировал свою победу над аргентинцем Диего Хункейра в первом круге турнира в Хьюстоне со счетом 6:0, 6:2.
«Я не знал, чего ожидать. Это мой первый турнир на грунте после перерыва. Я не был воспитан на грунте, поэтому мне было необходимо приспособиться к передвижению по корту и перестать нервничать. Наверное, мне это удалось», – цитирует Хьюитта FOX Sports.
Отметим, что на эту победу Хьюитт затратил всего 62 минуты
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Posted: 08.04.09 19:19. Post subject: Lleyton Hewitt was t..
Lleyton Hewitt was today awarded a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in Monaco. It will be the first time that Lleyton has played the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo event for a number of years.
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Posted: 09.04.09 14:43. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, уверенно обыграл аргентинца Серхио Ройтмана во втором круге турнира в Хьюстоне со счетом 6:1, 6:3. Матч продолжался 57 минут, но Хьюитт посчитал, что мог сыграть еще лучше.
«Возможно, я мог бы и получше закончить второй сет, но соперник выиграл пару хороших очков, сделав брейк, и в такую ветреную погоду хорошо, что мне удалось выйти вперед и закончить сет в свою пользу», – цитирует Хьюитта FOX Sports.
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Posted: 11.04.09 09:28. Post subject: Ну что ж Ллейтон выш..
Ну что ж Ллейтон вышел в свой 2 полуфинал этого года переиграл Гарсию Лопеза 6-3 6-4, можна было и раньше матч закончить, но Ллейтон не был бы Ллейтоном если б при счете 5-2 подавая на матч не отдал бы свою подачу Полуфинал с Женей Королевым думаю будет тяжелым, победитель этого матча думаю и выиграет этот турнир
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Posted: 11.04.09 14:10. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, обыгравший испанца Гильермо Гарсиа-Лопеса в четвертьфинале турнира в Хьюстоне со счетом 6:3, 6:4, рассказал о том, что, несмотря на счет, победа не была легкой.
«После счета 2:3 в первом сете до счета 5:1 во втором я играл просто здорово. В концовке игры Гильермо раскрепостился, у него все стало получаться, ему нечего было терять. Он просто бил из любого положения. Было непросто завершить матч в свою пользу», – цитирует Хьюитта SI.com.
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Posted: 12.04.09 12:11. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, обыгравший в полуфинале турнира в Хьюстоне россиянина Евгения Королева со счетом 7:6, 6:4, рассказал, что многое в игре решалось на подаче.
«Мы оба хорошо подавали сегодня. И в то же время, оба играли достаточно хорошо, чтобы удерживать свою подачу. У меня было несколько шансов сделать брейк в первом сете, но в эти моменты отлично сыграл Королев. Я был убедителен на своей подаче во втором сете и подавал первым, поэтому он испытывал некоторое давление на своей», – цитирует Хьютта АР.
Отметим, что это будет первый грунтовый финал Ллейтона Хьюитта с 1999 года.
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Posted: 12.04.09 12:19. Post subject: NADAL, Rafael ESP v..
[1] NADAL, Rafael ESP vs BYE KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs CHELA, Juan Ignacio ARG SAFIN, Marat RUS vs [WC] HEWITT, Lleyton AUS QUALIFIER vs [15] STEPANEK, Radek CZE [9] MONFILS, Gael FRA vs TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB SODERLING, Robin SWE vs BOLELLI, Simone ITA QUALIFIER vs [WC] LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO BYE vs [5] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG
[4] MURRAY, Andy GBR vs BYE HANESCU, Victor ROU vs QUALIFIER QUALIFIER vs BERDYCH, Tomas CZE QUALIFIER vs [14] CILIC, Marin CRO [12] NALBANDIAN, David ARG vs MATHIEU, Paul-Henri FRA ACASUSO, Jose ARG vs GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO vs SERRA, Florent FRA BYE vs [8] DAVYDENKO, Nikolay RUS
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Posted: 12.04.09 13:38. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт поделился ощущениями перед воскресным финалом на турнире в Хьюстоне против американца Уэйна Одесника.
«Всегда приятно выигрывать турниры. Полное восстановление стоит того, чтобы начать вновь выигрывать турниры. Мой прошлый сезон был провальным. Это был единственный год, когда мне не удалось выиграть ни одного турнира. Было бы здорово выиграть сегодня в финале, вспомнить, как, когда я был номером 1, выигрывал по 5-6 турниров в году», – цитирует Хьютта АР.
Posted: 13.04.09 01:33. Post subject: ЁЁЁ !!!!! Мы выйграл..
ЁЁЁ !!!!! Мы выйграли турнир!!!! Маладец Ллейтон 27 турнир в карьере! Это не предел!!! Юхууу...... как всегда чудили с первой, которой толком не было))) и во 2 сете вели 3\0 ...потом проигрывали 3\5 и в итоге выйграли 7\5 !!! 6\2 7\5 и турнир в Хьюстоне наш! Пускай и на грунте
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Posted: 13.04.09 11:23. Post subject: Австралиец Ллейтон Х..
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт стал победителем турнира в Хьюстоне, обыграв в финале американца Уэйна Одесника со счетом 6:2, 7:5.
«Я играл отлично до счета 3:0 во втором сете, но Уэйн сильный игрок, он не отдает очки просто так, их приходится завоевывать в борьбе. Я чувствовал, что могу оказывать давление на него до этого момента. И даже несмотря на то, что он выиграл несколько геймов, в каждом из них у меня был гейм-бол, и сет мог легко завершиться со счетом 6:1.
Сегодня у меня хороший день, я выиграл грунтовый турнир. С каждым годом я все лучше играю на грунте. С нетерпением жду начала «Ролан Гаррос». При удачной сетке я вполне могу выступить хорошо», – цитирует Хьюитта TENNIS.com.
Отметим, что победа Хьюитта в этом матче стала 499-й в карьере, из действующих игроков только двое имеют на счету более 500 выигранных матчей – швейцарец Роджер Федерер и испанец Карлос Мойя.
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Posted: 15.04.09 09:32. Post subject: An interview with: L..
An interview with: LLEYTON HEWITT
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Was that one of your toughest ever turnarounds, between travel and the match? LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I think it was the toughest, yeah. Yeah, it was sort of just like one thing after another really. Yeah, it was not the best preparation, that's for sure.
Q. Can you go through your trip? I know you left on Monday, I think. LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah. The final was in Houston. It was delayed a few hours because of rain and the court got flooded so we had to wait for that. So I couldn't get out Sunday night. And then, yeah, Monday, with the time change and everything, it just sort of put it even further behind. Then our flights got delayed about three and a half hours, as well, out of Dallas.
Q. BA or AA? LLEYTON HEWITT: No, American Airlines. Yeah, so it was just frustrating. Yeah, nothing sort of went right.
Q. Did you come in with any expectations or you just want to give it a go and see? LLEYTON HEWITT: Not a lot. Not a lot of expectations really. Yeah, for me it's all about still going out there and competing. I actually felt like I hit the ball pretty well today. Actually ball striking, I was actually pretty happy with. So, especially just coming off the plane, I probably wasn't as sharp as I would have liked to have been or normally would try to be. But apart from that I actually felt like the ball striking, I was pretty happy with.
Q. How is your right leg? You had your treatment. LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I just strained it in the final the other day. So it wasn't the best thing hopping straight on a plane and coming over here. Yeah, just got worse as the match went on.
Q. How is it now? LLEYTON HEWITT: It's a bit sore at the moment, so...
Q. What made you decide to play in it last minute? LLEYTON HEWITT: No, I was always going to play here. I'd been offered a wild card. It's a big tournament. So, yeah, for me, my clay court preparation is sort of up in the air as well, with Davis Cup and that as well. You know, it was always going to be an opportunity. But going into Houston, I knew it was always gonna be tough if I went well there. Yeah, you take that, I guess. The start of Houston, though, my goal was to win the tournament. If that meant that it was gonna make it tougher for me to come here, then so be it.
Q. How did you feel having to play Marat Safin in the first round? LLEYTON HEWITT: We've played first rounds the last couple of years a couple of times, as well. Yeah, obviously our rankings both aren't in the top 10 anymore, so you're not getting the protection of not playing each other early on. But, yeah, he's obviously still a class player when he's on.
Q. It was almost a strange thing waking up Monday morning and seeing that you and Ferrero had won a tournament. Has it given you renewed faith, hope in your game? LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I guess after the surgery and that, to come back. Last week I played extremely well. Not to drop a set through the tournament gave me a lot of confidence. I still got to build on that, though. But, yeah, as I said, my ball striking was good today. I'm happy with the way I'm hitting the ball at the moment. There are small areas of my game I still feel like I can work on to get to the next step before the French Open and Wimbledon. That's the goal now.
Q. What is it about over the last few years you seem to be almost improving on clay. LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I'm not sure. Yeah, the last probably two years, two and a half years I've actually played some of my best tennis on clay. I keep saying, yeah, we don't grow up on it in Australia, so it's hard for any of us straightaway to come out and play well against the Spaniards and the South American guys straight up. But I've been able to learn and adapt to the best way for me to play on clay for my game and I feel comfortable on it.
Q. Has it come to the point now where you if you were to have one more Grand Slam victory or a chance at a Grand Slam, it could be the French Open above others? Have you gone that far? LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I don't know about that. Rafa's still pretty tough to beat (smiling). Out of our four slams, he's probably holding that one tighter than anyone, I'd say.
Q. Your own sort of ability... LLEYTON HEWITT: I think I can knock good players off on clay, yeah, the French Open. In the past, it's sort of been the French Open that I've probably played my best clay court tennis, as well, that court surface. I feel comfortable playing at Roland Garros. We'll see happens.
Q. You say you didn't grow up playing on clay. What is the hardest thing you had to learn over the last few years? LLEYTON HEWITT: Oh, it's more the movement and the tactics playing on clay I think. When you first come on tour, you grow up playing on hard courts. It's a totally different mindset when you go onto a clay court. I think it's a lot easier to go from growing up on clay to learn to play on hard court than it is the other way. So, yeah, it just takes time I think more than anything.
Q. What is your clay program going to be? LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I'm not sure at the moment. Yeah, I got no idea because we got Davis Cup, as well. It's up in the air at the moment.
Q. A lot of players who come from big injury setbacks like you've had, they come back and they say they actually enjoy their tennis more. Have you found that? Do you feel it's actually more of a buzz just being out there and being able to play? LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, right at the moment I don't know if I feel it. Yeah, I think when you get back out there, all the hard work that I did towards the end of November and December, for it to pay off, to be able to play the Australian summer, at one stage I wasn't sure if I'd be able to play that. So for me that was a huge bonus to be able to compete there. Obviously you still want sometimes it's frustrating when the body's not quite at a hundred percent and you have had the surgery and that and you're still doing a lot of rehab to get it back. It's a long process. You have to be patient with it, keep working at it, stay positive.
Q. Where do you think you are in that process? LLEYTON HEWITT: I'm not sure. My hip has actually been feeling really good on the clay, which is probably a little bit easier for my hip as well, than playing on the hard court. But, yeah, it was probably going to take 9 to 12 months after the surgery until you actually get back to a hundred percent movement wise and get that confidence back in the hip as well. So, yeah, last week I've moved as well as I've ever moved, so I was pretty happy with it.
Q. I know it's a long way away, but how important to you these days is Wimbledon? LLEYTON HEWITT: One of the most important tournaments if not the most important tournament. Yeah, for me I don't think there's that many guys that have an absolute huge chance of winning Wimbledon. There's obviously the handful that we all know. But it's not like you're going to see a whole lot of outsiders come through and really do a lot of damage there. I still give myself a good chance on grass. When you've won there, you walk into those gates, it's an amazing feeling as well.
Q. What does that feel like? LLEYTON HEWITT: You get goosebumps walking in. The tradition sort of builds more so after you've done well there, I think. You go there as a youngster, you've seen all the greats win there before. But I think when you go back after you've done well, it's even more special.
Q. Your ranking, given where it is at the moment, it does offer you the opportunity of knocking off a seed and taking their path. LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, well, the last few years I even when I've been ranked sort of that 16 to 30 odd spot, I've come up against Rafa in the French Open and Roger at Wimbledon in the Round of 16 anyway. So, yeah, you need a better sometimes getting a bit lower seed, knocking them off, taking their draw, especially at Wimbledon, that's sometimes where it opens up a lot more.
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Posted: 18.04.09 10:53. Post subject: LLEYTON Hewitt will ..
LLEYTON Hewitt will await tomorrow's decision on the venue for Australia's Davis Cup tie against India before finalising the balance of his clay-court schedule, with the former No. 1 committed to a fortnight's break after carrying a slight leg muscle tear into his first-round loss to Marat Safin in Monte Carlo.
Hewitt's manager, David Drysdale, said the injury was sustained during Sunday's final in Houston — the US Men's Clay Court Championship success that broke a 25-month title drought — and recovery was hindered by the fact Hewitt was required to play less than three hours after arriving in Monaco on Tuesday from a delayed 17-hour trip from Texas.
"It would appear that he could have a slight tear around the right thigh/groin area which should be fine with a week's rest, which he will now have," said Drysdale.
"We will wait to hear re Davis Cup before any decisions are made regarding tournaments before the French."
Team Hewitt has been critical of the dates for the Davis Cup zonal ties, justified by organisers on the basis that countries must be given time to organise the September play-offs. "Davis Cup is smack bang in the middle of the clay-court season, so the timing of it is really poor," Drysdale said. "It really just stuffs up the whole preparation for the French Open."
Rome, Munich and Madrid are all possibilities, but if and where Hewitt plays again on clay before the French Open will hinge on the decision by the International Tennis Federation's Davis Cup committee over the suitability of Chennai to host the Asia/Oceania zone tie on hardcourt from May 8-10.
Tennis Australia requested in March that the fixture be moved, citing security concerns in the wake of November's terrorist attack in Mumbai as well as the ambush of Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan in February. All India Tennis Association secretary-general Anil Khanna said this week that a decision on the venue would be made tomorrow, but that Chennai remained the host's preference.
But Hewitt's position is clear, and Drysdale said the nation's most successful Davis Cup representative may reassess his commitment if it remained in Chennai or the dates were altered.
In Monte Carlo, the 28-year-old wildcard was denied his 500th career win by Safin, who served 10 aces during a 6-4, 7-5 win that lasted 96 minutes. The pair most famously met in the final of the 2005 Australian Open, and their 14 matches have now been evenly split.
A sore and weary Hewitt admitted he had struggled with the travel demands after missing his flight from Houston on Sunday night. He required massage on his right thigh at the end of the first set and was bandaged for the duration. "It's a bit sore at the moment," he said.
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Posted: 19.04.09 07:23. Post subject: Australia is to appe..
Australia is to appeal against the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) decision to allow Chennai to host the Davis Cup tie against India next month.
The ITF announced on Saturday that the Australia v India Asia-Oceania Group I encounter would go ahead as scheduled in Chennai from May 8-10 following “a positive report from the ITF's security consultants.''
But Tennis Australia says it will appeal and remains hopeful of having the tie moved to a neutral venue, just as the IPL cricket tournament was shifted to South Africa, because the play-off is taking place during the Indian elections when security services are already stretched.
The lucrative IPL, which also clashes with the elections, was moved to South Africa because the Indian government could not provide sufficient security for both events.
TA will lodge an appeal on Monday and expects a final decision to be made within a week.
Australian spearhead Lleyton Hewitt is awaiting the result of the appeal before making a decision on his availability for the tie.
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Posted: 19.04.09 07:37. Post subject: Chennai, Apr 18 : Th..
Chennai, Apr 18 : The All India Tennis Association today said former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has withdrawn from next month's India-Australia Davis Cup tie and they may end up hosting a second string team. Anil Khanna, AITA Secretary General, said the Australians are still not convinced about security issues despite Chennai getting a clearance from the International Tennis Federation.
"Lleyton Hewitt is unlikely come with the team. Lleyton is said to have withdrawn since he is involved presently in clay court season. They might even send a second string team but we are ready to face whatever the team that they name for the match.
"The Australians are still skeptical about visiting India even after the ITF cleared all the doubts on security matters declaring Chennai as a safe place for the tie," Khanna told reporters here.
Khanna, who was here as chief guest for the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association's Annual award function, though said they were ready to host any Australian team.
"We expect the Australian Federation to name its squad by Sunday or Monday. We are prepared for any eventually and our players are geared up for the tie and positive result," he said.
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Posted: 25.04.09 10:52. Post subject: Fears Australia'..
Fears Australia's boycott may end Lleyton Hewitt's Davis Cup career
Australia has boycotted next month's tie against India in Chennai for security concerns, which is likely to spell the end of Lleyton Hewitt's stellar Davis Cup career.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected Australia's request for a neutral venue for the May 8-10 tie and insisted it go ahead in Chennai - a decision Tennis Australia (TA) boss Geoff Pollard slammed as "irresponsible."
The stand-off may well mean that Hewitt never plays for his country again after winning more Davis Cup singles matches than any other Australian.
"It could easily happen. He will consider his response but this could spell the end of his Cup career which would be disappointing," his manager David Drysdale said.
Pollard said it was unreasonable to expect the Australian team to travel to India in the midst of elections which had created an unstable situation with several people killed.
He said the ITF and India had refused to meet the security requirements TA demanded for the team to travel to India.
Australia must now wait to see what penalty it will be given for pulling out of the match with sanctions ranging from fines to a one-year suspension.
The Davis Cup website specifies that if a country pulls out of a tie it will be suspended from the competition for the following year.
Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald was furious with the ITF's stance.
"Surely some thought must be given to the players' safety," Fitzgerald said.
"I believe they say the election is not a cause for concern, the Indian Premier League moving (to South Africa) is not relevant and that an ATP tournament held in January shows it is safe to play in Chennai.
"So what about the fact that dozens of people are being killed along the campaign trail of the election?
"A train was hijacked this week, but that does not alter their thoughts? Did the IPL move for no reason?" Fitzgerald asked.
"The ATP event involved no international teams and was held three months prior to the election. "This decision makes no sense. We have worked so hard to get back into the World Group contention, to have it snatched away like this is gut wrenching."
Pollard said there was no question of the team going under the circumstances.
"Let me say that it is disappointing but it would be irresponsible of us our team and our support staff to go to India during the election period," Pollard said.
"Australia is probably the greatest supporter of Davis Cup so it is difficult but the safety of our team is paramount.
"We gave the ITF and therefore the Indians a list of the security requirements that we had for our team to be there and they will not meet those security requirements."
Pollard said the demands for team security were "reasonably close to what you would give to a head of state and (we) feel that was appropriate in the circumstances."
"They were providing security but nothing like the level we asked for," he said.
Pollard said it would be unreasonable for the ITF to suspend Australia for 2010 or to demote the country to Zone Four.
"I would expect something a lot, lot less than that because it is an unacceptable risk," Pollard said.
"I don't think any sanction is appropriate because we have given them a lot of evidence that the risk is unacceptable - but that's up to them."
Pollard said the ITF had a report from one consulting company which told them the security concerns "could be dismissed."
Pollard said it would take "some time" before the sanction was known.
TA had called for a neutral venue for the tie but the ITF said on Friday they were satisfied with the security conditions in Chennai.
Fox Sports tennis commentator and former Davis Cup coach Wally Masur said the decision to pull out was carefully constructed by Tennis Australia.
“Tennis Australia went through a whole process of doing a security analysis when the tie was announced in Chennai, and based on a lot of the information they got and talking to the Australian government, they decided it would be wise to have the tie moved," Masur said on Fox Sports News.
“It wasn’t something done lightly by Tennis Australia."
Masur also commented on Australia's possible one-year suspension.
“My understanding is that if we are suspended until 2011, we actually will go down another tier. It would take us another three years to get back into the World Group.
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Posted: 25.04.09 13:06. Post subject: А это русский вариан..
А это русский вариант
Президент Австралийской федерации тенниса Джефф Поллард прокомментировал решение австралийских спортивных функционеров не отправлять сборную Зеленого континента на выездной матч Кубка Дэвиса против Индии в город Ченнай.
Напомним, такой поворот событий был вызван отказом Международной теннисной федерации (ITF) перенести поединок в другую страну.
«Решение ITF не оставило нам другого выбора. Мы не можем послать команду в Индию. Повторюсь, заявление федерации нас чрезвычайно разочаровало. Для нас было бы просто безответственно отправлять спортсменов в зону повышенного риска. Кубок Дэвиса очень важен, но есть вещи важнее тенниса», - посетовал Поллард.
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Posted: 30.04.09 08:48. Post subject: Коммерческие тайны а..
Коммерческие тайны австралийца Ллейтона Хьюитта обсуждались в Верховном суде штата Виктория (Австралия) во время рассмотрения иска, который подала на него компания Octagon, ранее представлявшая его интересы.
Американская компания обвиняет Хьюитта в одностороннем нарушении эксклюзивного контракта, в результате чего компания понесла крупные убытки. Хьюитт, со своей стороны, утверждает во встречном иске, что компания не выполнила свои обязательства по отношению к нему, и что он не работает с ней с 2004 года.
«Раз Octagon решили затеять дорогостоящий и отнимающий много времени судебный процесс, в связи с тем, что они представляли меня в качестве агента, я не вижу другого выхода, кроме как заявить встречный иск, потому что я считаю, что они не выполняли своих обязательств по отношению ко мне. Конечно, я предпочел бы, чтобы всего этого не было. Хотелось бы решить вопрос без суда, но я готов бороться за свою позицию», – приводит слова австралийца FOX Sports со ссылкой на официальный сайт теннисиста
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Posted: 01.05.09 13:37. Post subject: Lleyton Davis Cup Th..
Lleyton Davis Cup Thoughts Australia’s non participation in the Davis Cup tie against India this month is disappointing to all the Australian players and support staff, however it is completely understandable.
There have been many differing views reported through the media both in Australia and in India, and I would like to explain what has happened from a player’s point of view.
In my opinion there is no higher honour for a male Australian tennis player than to represent his country playing Davis Cup, to be awarded a gold jacket and join the list of many Australian and world champions who have played for our great country.
I have always made myself available to play Davis Cup and have only missed if severe injury has forced my hand.
I have travelled to many parts of the world to play Davis Cup and have had to deal with some interesting and confronting places and crowds. I thrive on the team aspect of the competition, which in an individual sport like tennis is very rare. The weeks of Davis Cup are the first weeks I mark down in my yearly schedule, along with the Grand Slams, and then I plan other tournaments accordingly.
I have always supported the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in their promotion of Davis Cup around the world, and been one of its strongest advocates. However I must say I feel very let down by the ITF with a few decisions lately relating to Davis Cup.
The first has been their awarding of ATP ranking points to the competition to try to attract certain players to take part in the competition. The problem is they have only awarded them to the World Group section. In my opinion a player shouldn’t require the incentive of ranking points to represent their country in a competition that has been running for more than 100 years. But if you are going to award them, then it should be right across the competition! There are only 16 nations in the World Group, yet our sport is truly global therefore leaving a number of top ranked players playing for their country in Zonal Ties for no points. Not to mention the fact that under this new system a player has to play a live singles rubber to receive the points and countries such as Spain and France have a wealth of players to choose from, so even players selected to represent their country may still miss out on points. This is the first instance where the ITF has totally disregarded consistency for the players.
Secondly the fact that the Zonal Ties are scheduled to be held right in the middle of the claycourt season, yet the World Group Ties are played the week following Wimbledon is again creating an uneven playing field for players and is completely lacking in consistency. By creating this new date in May the ITF is forcing players in the Zonal sections to choose between their own personal ranking and representing their country, again for no points. Meanwhile players in World Group countries continue to earn points and gain valuable practice during the claycourt season leading into the French Open. I had made the commitment to forego my French Open preparations to play the Tie in India even though I am trying to re-establish myself in the world rankings following injury.
The latest ITF decision to refuse to shift the May 8 tie to a neutral venue or a date outside the election is possibly the most disappointing of all. The request from Tennis Australia was made very early and yet the ITF took an extraordinary amount of time to investigate, report and make a decision. I would like to point out here that Tennis Australia handled the whole situation very credibly, where they researched the situation in India with help from the Australian Government and independent opinions from at least four different security experts as well as other sports with expertise in this region. The evidence became very clear. Due to the Indian elections, unless a certain level of security was provided, Tennis Australia in its duty of care for the players and team officials should not travel to Chennai. I believe that the level of security requested was very similar to what Cricket Australia would request for their teams when travelling to the sub-continent.
From what I have been told, the ITF downplayed any threat from the election and the security arrangements fell well short of what was requested.
Now one doesn’t need to be Einstein to know that there has been violence and unrest (land mines, a train hijacking and numerous deaths) where the elections were being held in India and that it is still continuing to this day. And the election campaign will reach its climax in Tamil Nadu (capital Chennai) just three days after the tie was due to be played.
There are reports that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has gone on a hunger strike in support of innocent Sri Lankan Tamils caught up in the conflict in neighboring Sri Lanka.
Now the current Indian prime minister is also confirmed to be campaigning in Tamil Nadu next week, whilst we were meant to be there! It’s a bit like a red rag to a bull risk wise, in my opinion, yet the ITF have showed a lack of protection and concern for the safety of the players. They have let down the players again!!!
I have to say also I have been disappointed with the attitude of the Indian Tennis Association, especially where their Secretary General was quoted in their press saying I wasn’t coming to the Tie. Whilst he may have tried to deny it in an email to Tennis Australia, at no time did he do so publicly after being attributed with a direct quote on the matter. As an ITF Board Director and the President of the Asian Tennis Federation I would have thought he would have known better.
This brings me to the next point, with both countries being in the greater Asian area, I would have thought that India may have discussed the matter directly with Tennis Australia and in the interests of both the players and the competition resolved the issue. I can remember when in 1999 for the centenary of the Davis Cup, Australia’s home quarter final Tie against the USA was transferred from here to Boston, as the ITF wanted to celebrate the first match of Davis Cup, which actually didn’t include Australia!!
Australia was promised that the next 2 times it plays the US we get to host them at home, trouble is we haven’t played them since. Why couldn’t an arrangement like that have been made? Then again this wasn’t for the ITF only for the players!!!
Makes you wonder about the purpose of the ITF if it is not conducting its events with the players in mind!!!
As I have mentioned earlier I was committed to play Davis Cup in India. I played in Mumbai a couple of years ago and enjoyed the experience and culture of India, if only for a brief period of time. One of the joys of Davis Cup has been playing in places where the Tour never goes and experiencing different cultures. It is always a challenge to perform no matter what the weather conditions or court surfaces are.
As all players, I am aware of the success of the Chennai tournament in January and that player’s safety has never been in question. However as I point out, the Indian elections have proven to be an extremely volatile period and it has to be noted that the other major sporting event in India during this time, the IPL cricket, was moved to South Africa for safety reasons. Also, even the ITF’s own handbook points out that national teams face a greater risk than individual players. As the recent attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team showed, national sporting teams are no longer immune from such things. It appears to me that common sense didn’t prevail in this matter and it became a political and perhaps a financial consideration.
It needs to be stated that none of us Australian players (to the best of my knowledge) had made a decision as to whether or not we would travel to India to play. We were all waiting for the process that Tennis Australia were undertaking, which we all supported, to find out whether we needed to make such a decision. Sadly, in the end we didn’t need to.
Now once again we are in the hands of the ITF regarding any sanction they may impose on Tennis Australia and the Australian Davis Cup team. That decision could have severe ramifications for me as a player, and could effectively end my Davis Cup career. Whilst I have been a winning team member twice, I would be devastated if this was the way for my career playing for my country ended. As far as I’m concerned I still have unfinished business in Davis Cup, including getting Australia back into the World Group.
The question being asked most is would I have played in India if Tennis Australia sent a team? Incredibly, I was never given the chance. All that was needed was some common sense and flexibility from the ITF.
So would I have played? I still don’t know the answer to that because as a tennis player I am passionate and committed to representing Australia in Davis Cup, and as a husband and father I have responsibilities to my family. It was a no win situation either way!!
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Posted: 01.05.09 17:30. Post subject: HAVING been spared t..
HAVING been spared the perceived dangers of a Davis Cup tie in Chennai during India's election period, Lleyton Hewitt now finds himself at the mercy of the parochial European tournament directors, who will effectively determine his French Open lead-up schedule.
Hewitt's program had been in limbo while Australia's cup fate was being decided, with his commitment to the ill-fated Asia/Oceania zone tie and a deflated world ranking of 53rd conspiring to limit the claycourt options of the former No. 1.
Ideally, the 28-year-old would be playing the Rome Masters this week, Munich next week and then the new, whizz-bang Madrid Masters. So far, with yesterday's news of a wildcard invitation into Munich — facilitated by local hero Tommy Haas' shuffle up the entry list and into the main draw on merit — Hewitt is batting one from three.
Oddly, a Madrid fan poll may help to determine the wildcard chances in the Spanish capital of a player who has never courted the popular vote. No decision is expected until next week.
"We would hope that, being a former world No. 1, he might be a chance in Madrid, but you just don't know what they're going to do, that's the thing," Hewitt's manager, David Drysdale, said yesterday.
"We thought he might be a chance in Rome as well, but they gave the wildcards to four Italians.
"It happens in most places, they tend to look after their own, but we know in Madrid that (Spaniard) Juan Carlos Ferrero's got one and apparently (Croatian) Ivan Ljubicic's got one as well.
"We think that might be because (Ion) Tiriac owns the tournament and we think Ljubicic's managed by Tiriac."
Despite trimming his ranking from triple-figures in February with the help of his first ATP title in more than two years in Houston last month, this is the first year Hewitt has not been able to simply slot into the main draw of his choosing. Instead, he must rely on tournament organisers' goodwill.
"It's obviously not a position that he wants to be in, but we're hoping that it'll only be for this small period, for these few months, and then, by the end of the year, everything will be good, and he'll be up a lot higher in the rankings," Drysdale said.
"Munich were chasing us for him to play there a while ago and we said no because of Davis Cup, so it's worked out well that he's playing Munich because he's going to be on the clay, which is probably better than playing on hardcourt in Davis Cup anyway.
"It's just frustrating that with Madrid and Rome that his ranking wasn't high enough to get into those directly. But we're not too worried about it — he's got the French, he's got Queen's, he's got Wimbledon, and then after that it's a free hit, more or less, because he's not defending anything, and we've got a fairly full schedule for him in the second half of the year. Not that we're ruling out the French or Wimbledon or anything; it's just that it's all-up from after Wimbledon."
A secondary upside is that nor does Hewitt have any points to defend between now and the May 25 grand slam at Roland Garros, where he led fifth seed David Ferrer by two sets to one in the third round last year before losing in five, having not played for the previous six weeks due to a hip injury.
Posted: 06.05.09 04:06. Post subject: BMW Open by FWU AG M..
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BMW Open by FWU AG Munich, Germany May 5, 2009
Hewitt Clinches 500th Match Win atptennis.com
Former two-time ATP World Tour Champion Lleyton Hewitt clinched his 500th tour-level singles match win in dramatic fashion as he saved two match points before prevailing 6-2, 6-7(2), 7-6(7) against German Philipp Petzschner on Tuesday at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich. Gallery: Hewitt's Road To 500
“I think there are only two other active players have won that many,” said the 28-year-old Hewitt about reaching the 500 wins milestone. “That obviously means I’m getting old. I’ve been around for a long time. It’s something I guess you retire and you look back on it and realise you’ve had a pretty good career. It’s nice to bring up those milestones and be among those caliber of players as well.”
Active Players To Reach 500 Match Wins Roger Federer 638 Carlos Moya 573 Lleyton Hewitt 500
Hewitt’s 500 match wins include two Grand Slam titles at the 2001 US Open (d. Sampras) and 2002 Wimbledon (d. Nalbandian) and back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles in 2001 (d. Grosjean) and ’02 (d. Ferrero).
He finished as the youngest ATP World Tour Champion in 2001 at 20 years and eight months of age, overtaking Gustavo Kuerten who had come into the circuit finale in Sydney with a 48-point lead in the Rankings. In 2002, he became only the fourth player to rank No. 1 for every week during the season.
The Australian, who is making his debut at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament, looked set for a comfortable victory as he held two match points when serving for victory at 6-2, 5-4, 40/15. However, the 70th-ranked Petzschner hit back to level at 5-5 before taking the tie-break to even the match at one-set all.
The 28-year-old Hewitt looked to have regained control when he opened up a 4-2 lead in the deciding set, but was once again pegged back as the tenacious Petzschner levelled at 4-4. Hewitt held two more match points when Petzschner trailed 4-5, 15/40 and a fifth at advantage later in the same game, but the Adelaide resident failed to convert and was nearly made to pay the price as Petzschner earned two match points at 6-5 and 7-6 in the tie-break. Hewitt denied the German the chance for victory though before sealing the win himself on his seventh opportunity at 9-8 after two hours and 36 minutes.
“I was lucky to get out of there in the end,” said Hewitt. “I just kept hanging in there. Saved a few break points early in the third set and then he played a lot better when he was down in the match. He started going for his shots a lot more. He used his forehand a lot heavier and didn’t make as many easy mistakes. He gave me a lot early mistakes, especially in the first set.”
Hewitt continues to make his comeback from the left-hip surgery he underwent in August 2008. This season he has compiled a 14-9 match record, highlighted by winning his 27th tour-level title at Houston (d. Odesnik) last month.
Posted: 09.05.09 11:00. Post subject: Уступили мы Бердыху,..
Уступили мы Бердыху, в 3 партиях 6\4 3\6 6\7 В 3 сете повели 2\0, но тут же отдали подачу Странная у нас была подготовка к РГ, 2 турнира, один выйграли, второй дошли до 1\4 результат хороший, но как пойдет на РГ, будет многое зависеть от сетки
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Posted: 09.05.09 17:28. Post subject: Экс-первая ракетка м..
Экс-первая ракетка мира Ллейтон Хьюитт, проигравший в четвертьфинале турнира в Мюнхене чеху Томашу Бердыху со счетом 6:4, 3:6, 6:7, заявил, что игра была равная, и шансы были у обоих соперников.
«Матч был равный, я был очень близок, у меня было множество шансов, я вел с брейком в начале третьего сета, потом проигрывал с брейком, но отыгрался. В конце все могло сложиться по-другому. Но Бердых очень чисто сыграл на тай-брейке, подавал первым мячом и практически не допускал ошибок», – цитирует Хьюитта официальный сайт АТР
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Posted: 22.05.09 10:16. Post subject: Hewitt, a former Wim..
Hewitt, a former Wimbledon and US Open champion, is still carrying the burden of being Australia's only world-class player and the country's sole representative in the top 100.
A stranger to weakness and excuses, the 28-year-old won his first title in two years in Houston in April, hopped on an overnight flight to Europe, landed in Monte Carlo and was playing again two hours later.
"I was always going to play. It's a big tournament," explained Hewitt, bewildered by questions over why he had still fulfilled his exhausting commitment.
Having made a career of manning barricades and refusing to whinge, Hewitt, now the proud father of two children, has not contemplated retirement.
Not even when having to undergo surgery on a hip injury last August which would have tempted lesser players to opt for the comfy armchair or the TV studio.
Instead, he's ready for a ninth French Open where he was a quarter-finalist in 2001 and 2004.
With Roger Federer's former coach - and 1966 French Open winner - Tony Roche in his corner, Hewitt still believes in his chances, even if he has come up short against Nadal in the fourth round in 2005 and 2006.
"In the last two and a half years, I've actually played some of my best tennis on clay," said Hewitt, who lost a five-setter last year to Spanish 'bulldozer' David Ferrer despite entering the tournament without having played a single match on clay for the season.
"I keep saying we don't grow up on it in Australia, so it's hard for any of us to come out and play well against the Spaniards and the South American guys straight up.
"But I've been able to learn and adapt to the best way for me to play. I think I can knock good players off on clay. I feel comfortable playing at Roland Garros."
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Posted: 24.05.09 10:00. Post subject: Агент австралийского..
Агент австралийского теннисиста Ллейтона Хьюитта Дэвид Дрисдэйл высказал своё мнение относительно шансов своего клиента на "Ролан Гаррос". Напомним, что в первом круге австралиец играет с хорватом Иво Карловичем.
"Первый матч против Карловича не будет простым. Теннисисты встречались дважды на траве, но сейчас ситуация иная. Хорват теряет преимущество сильной подачи на грунте. В дальнейшей сетке мой клиент может встретиться с первой ракеткой мира Рафаэлем Надалем. Но мы стараемся сосредоточиться на первом круге, а не на дальнейших перспективах", — приводит слова менеджера Herald Sun.
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Posted: 24.05.09 20:53. Post subject: Экс-первая ракетка м..
Экс-первая ракетка мира австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, обыграв хорвата Иво Карловича в первом круге «Ролан Гаррос» со счетом 6:7, 6:7, 7:6, 6:4, 6:3, взял реванш за поражение в первом круге «Уимблдона» 2003 года, где Хьюитт выступал в ранге чемпиона.
«Конечно, первое, о чем я подумал, это то поражение от Карловича на «Уимблдоне» несколько лет назад в первом раунде, и я постарался взять реванш», – цитирует Хьюитта TENNIS.com.
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Posted: 24.05.09 20:55. Post subject: LLEYTON26, поздравл..
LLEYTON26, поздравляю! Решила эту ссылку с результатом кинуть...
55 эйсов не спасли Карловича в матче против Хьюитта
Австралийский теннисист Ллейтон Хьюитт с огромным трудом вышел во второй круг Roland Garros-2009. Свой стартовый поединок экс-первая ракетка мира 28-летний Хьюитт, занимающий на этой неделе 50-ю строчку мирового рейтинга, проводил против 28-й ракетки мира хорвата Иво Карловича. Ранее теннисисты встречались между собой три раза и неизменно в этих матчах побеждал Карлович, правда все их поединки проходили либо на травяных кортах, либо на харде.
Встреча в первом круге турнира в Париже прошла в упорной борьбе и продолжалась 3 часа 56 минут. В первой партии матча ни одному из теннисистов не удалось взять подачу соперника и в итоге все решалось на тай-брейке, на котором удачливее оказался хорват - 7/6 (1). Вторая партия также завершилась победой хорватского спортсмена на тай-брейке - 7/6 (4), но на этот раз спортсменам удалось по разу взять подачу соперника. Перелом в матче наступил в третьей партии, когда Ллейтон, до этого за сет выигравший всего 3 очка на приеме, смог активизироваться на тай-брейке и сократить отставание по сетам - 7/6 (4). Уже в четвертой партии Хьюитт смог удержать свою подачу, и, во второй раз за матч сделав брейк на подаче Карловича, сравнять счет в этом поединке - 6/4. В решающем пятом сете хорватский спортсмен не смог выиграть ни одного очка на приеме, и дважды упустил свою подачу, позволив Хьюитту одержать волевую победу - 6/3.
Стоит отметить, что за матч Карлович смог сделать 55 (!) эйсов, что является новым мировым рекордом. Предыдущее высшее достижение также принадлежало хорвату, который на Уимблдоне-2005 в матче против итальянца Даниэле Браччиале “настрелял” 51 эйс. Правда, при этом Иво сегодня очень много ошибался, допустив 4 двойных и 46 невынужденных ошибок.
Во втором круге австралийцу, за свою карьеру дважды доходившему до четвертьфинала французского турнира “Большого шлема”, предстоит сыграть против Андрея Голубева, который ранее нанес поражение немцу Денису Гремельмайеру - 6/3, 6/3, 6/2.
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Posted: 25.05.09 12:04. Post subject: Roland Garros 2009: ..
Roland Garros 2009: "David" Lleyton Hewitt Topples "Golaith" Karlovic In a Fiver
Wow! What a thriller, though it turned kind of anti-climactic in the end. Anti-climactic because, I was half expecting the match to extend, till perhaps a 14-12 or a 12-10 in the ultimate fifth.
So much for me and my wild expectations!
But then I am not disappointed, for climactic or anti-climactic; the player who I rooted for ultimately won! Phew...it was a relief to see Hewitt win given the way Dr. Ivo was playing.
55 aces...55! Bloody Hell!
Ivo shouldn't be a tennis player, No...No...he scares the hell out of everyone, not to mention the feeling of boredom one gets while watching the "Rally-Lustre-Less" points and games.
It's an altogether different thing following it in the "Best-of-Three-Set" ATP events, but at the slams it's a freaking nightmare watching and probably anticipating [in heart-of-hearts] that this match could vie for the "Maximum Tie-Breaker Show" award.
And today's match, had Lleyton Hewitt not intervened in the nick of time, could have very well gone in that direction.
Thinking about the match now, I am wondering whether Hewitt has rubbed the Slam organisers the wrong way? If it's not a personal vendetta, then why do they keep pitting him against opponents who are hell bent on giving him headaches?
First Gonzo at Oz this year and now Ivo at Roland Garros!
But seriously, Hewitt should be very happy with his performance today; at least his fans were with the way he turned on the game like a faucet recently fixed by an expert plumber to his advantage in the later stages.
The first two sets however, were a disaster to say the least. No break of serve, typical Ivo "ace-ing" his way around and Hewitt playing as if he was bored to be here, of all places!
On second thoughts, though after watching his performance in the next three sets, it looks as if he was just gauging his opponent and testing him, perhaps his mind working overtime as to, which part of Ivo's game, he could attack successfully.
And then at the opportune moment, he attacked like an eagle zooming on an unsuspecting hare in the third set tie-break winning it with two set points convincingly at 7-4.
That marked the beginning of the fall of 6'10 "Golaith" and the confidence boost that "David" deperately needed!
Thus, from the fourth set onwards where Karlovic was losing his sheen, Hewitt was gaining momentum and confidence with every pass and winner; Karlovic started banking on more and more on his serve, while Hewitt attacked and defended from almost every part of the court!
Karlovic: at his wit's end; Hewitt: yelling on the opposite side with pumped exhilaration of a "gift given" mollified kid- it was a sight to behold and the match, which was acting like a turn-off to most tennis aficionados, became interesting at the bat of an eyelid.
And, with two sets apiece, the action boiled down to the ultimate deciding fifth. Hewitt's record in a "Fifth Set Extended" match was in his favour 23-13; Karlovic, on the other hand had no such advantage and with his record standing at 0-10, the pendulum was statistically swinging in Hewitt's favour.
Hewitt in his turn, wasted no time and promptly broke Ivo in the third game of the fifth set. The whoop that he gave after winning it was like an involuntary shudder passing through and contagious at the same time.
And finally, after an "on-and- off inspiration" inspiring, agonisingly patient three hours and 56 minutes later, wrapped it up in the eighth game of the deciding set, when Karlovic hit a gunning shot from the far side of the court which ended up as an unforced error, giving him his deserved victory!
Now standing on the former World No. 1's way next is Kazakh youngster Andrei Golubev who after completing a whitewash of German Gremelmeyer in an easy straighter, looks a difficult opponent at the moment to a comparatively tired Hewitt.
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Posted: 25.05.09 16:27. Post subject: Ллейтон Хьюитт назва..
Ллейтон Хьюитт назвал цирком решение, принятое Международной теннисной федерацией (ITF).
Напомним, после отказа сборной Зеленого континента отправится на матч Кубка Дэвиса в Индию по соображениям безопасности, ITF наложила штраф на национальную команду Австралии в размере 10 тысяч долларов и лишила ее права принять следующий поединок турнира в родных стенах. Однако этим наказание и ограничилось.
«Это цирк. Все, что произошло – это цирк. Изначально способ, который выбрала ITF, является просто позором», - сказал Хьюитт.
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Posted: 27.05.09 21:21. Post subject: Хьюи победил Казаха ..
Хьюи победил Казаха Андрея Голубева 6-4 6-3 6-1, не сказать что матч был легкий, много чего сам себе придумал, следущий соперник кинг клей Рафа Надаль, ну что ж понятно что сложно но нужно боротся и показать свой лучший теннис
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Posted: 28.05.09 15:44. Post subject: Бывшая первая ракетк..
Бывшая первая ракетка мира австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт, которому предстоит встреча третьего круга «Ролан Гаррос» против первой ракетки мира испанца Рафаэля Надаля, прокомментировал свой план на игру.
«Я думаю, что моя игра иногда хорошо подходит для борьбы с Надалем, если мне удается выполнить то, что я задумал, и мне придется это сделать. Я собираюсь выйти и играть в свою игру и надеюсь, проведу один из лучших матчей. Формат пяти сетов делает мою задачу более трудной. Но мне надо просто выходить на корт и думать о своей игре, а не о его.
Очевидно, что Надаль удивительный атлет, и он всегда верит в себя, и я думаю, что именно поэтому он достиг такого успеха в таком юном возрасте. А я до сих пор и играю в теннис, чтобы ставить себя в ситуации похожие на эту, чтобы попытаться обыграть одного из Топ-игроков на одном из крупнейших турниров. Это будет не легко, но я выйду и постараюсь показать себя на 100%. Посмотрим, что случится», – приводит слова теннисиста Reuters.
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Posted: 29.05.09 22:10. Post subject: R. NADAL/L. Hewitt ..
R. NADAL/L. Hewitt
6‑1, 6‑3, 6‑1
An interview with:
LLEYTONHEWITT
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. How frustrating was it for you?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, it was. It's tough against him. I thinkyou have to get off to a good start against him. He's such a good player, especially when he'sin front, as well, and he goes for his shots a lot more. Then he's dictating you the whole time behindthe baseline. It gets harder and harderfrom then.
Yeah, it would havebeen nice to have gotten off to a better set early in the first set and sort ofhung with him for a few games. Thatsaid, he's hitting the ball extremely clean out there at the moment.
It's really hard on that court with theheavy spins that he does hit to try and dictate a lot of the time and keep yourunforced errors down as well.
Q. What'syour thoughts on the game, in general? What do you want to improve maybe for the next month?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Going into the match, I felt like I washitting the ball fairly well. I probablytried to press a little bit too much against him today.
Yeah, he makes you dothat, as well, the way he hits the ball, and, you know, obviously his passingshots on the run and how strong he is out wide, as well.
Yeah, he sort of makes you come up and tryand play better, I guess, out there.
Q. Ifhe executes as well as he did today, I mean, which was probably close to hisbest even on clay, what can you really do? I mean, even if you get to that better start, it's still a long way...
LLEYTON HEWITT: No, it's absolutely hard. Yeah, he served pretty well out there today,as well. Normally I feel like he can getinto his service games a little bit better, even on clay. He was hitting his spots and he was mixing itup extremely well today.
Yeah, he wasn't justgoing for his, you know, slider that he uses a lot, and the left‑handslider. He hit a lot of aces down the Ton the ad court, as well. That'ssomething he's definitely added to his game.
Q. If you compare this match to the one you played with him in 2007 here atRoland Garros, is his topspin bouncing as high as it used to bounce, or is it adifferent, flatter shot than it used to be?
LLEYTON HEWITT: I think it's still pretty similar. I think from the baseline, when he's playingat his best, it's as good as it was back then.
Q. This was your tenth appearance here at Roland Garros. Do you expect to be back here next year?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, absolutely. Obviously I've been coming here a lot. It's been nice. I made a couple of quarterfinals here. It would be nice to have gotten a slightlybetter draw this year. Yeah, anyway...
Q. In the past you won four times against Nadal, and now the last fourmatches or five matches you lost to him. Do you see in the future a way to beat him, still?
LLEYTON HEWITT: I'm not sure. It's totally different playing him on clay to hardcourt and grass, Ithink. Yeah, he's obviously as good ashe's ever been right at the moment now.
He's No. 1 in theworld. His record on all surfaces, he'sholding three of the Grand Slams out of the four at the moment. He's obviously the form player on anysurface. It's going to be hard foreveryone to beat him week in and week out.
Q. If you look to this tournament you see some former No. 1 players likeSafin, Ferrero, you. You're not still inthe 30s, but it seems like your generation cannot pick on anymore. How do you see that?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Roger is doing all right for ourgeneration. We'll just hang on to him atthe moment.
Q. And about the rest?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Ah, it's hard to say. The three of us that you mentioned, they'veall had injuries in the last few years. Marat ‑‑ you know, we all know how talented Marat is and the way he canbounce back from injuries, and a bit of a form slump probably a year and a halfago and then made the semis at Wimbledon and knocked off Djokovic along theway.
Then last year Ferrerobeat Nadal on clay, I think.
I think we're still capable of doing it,maybe not week in and week out, but obviously it gets harder as you get olderwith the body as well.
Q. Whenyou were up 3‑2, you had a point where you had him wide to his forehand andthen a short forehand at the net. Youkind of hit it down the middle instead of really going for it. You smacked your racquet afterwards. That would have been a nice point to win,would have given you a bit more of a foothold in that second set?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I sort of got myself back into thesecond set. It was 3‑2 and I had Love‑30. He sort of missed a couple of first servesthere and given me a slight opportunity.
He hit two very goodfirsts and an ace and hit an unreturnable the second point to get back to 30‑All. The next two points I had chances, and Iwanted to try and dictate. I wasdictating, but I just didn't quite execute ‑‑ you know, the forehand I hiteasily could have hopefully have put it in the corner and put a bit of pressureon him coming to the net but I wasn't quite able to do that.
Q. We all play tennis and all wonder, why didn't you really clock that one?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Oh, I just didn't time it. I would have liked to have.
Q. What's your expectation for the rest of the season? You still believe you can reach a semi or aquarterfinal at a Grand Slam?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, absolutely. I think if you get the right draw and thingsopen up, obviously the next two Majors are two places I've played well in thepast. So a lot depends on the draw, andhopefully it can open up. On grass, Igive myself a good chance.
Q. Where your ranking is concerned, do you still believe you can reach thetop 20? You apparently need to play abit more than you are doing right now, I guess.
LLEYTON HEWITT: I have actually been playing quite a bit this year. I can't play much more than I have this year.
After hip surgery last year, I was forced not to play a lot of tournaments, and that was one thing I want to try and get back into the groove of playing a lot of matches.
Q. How are you doing right now physically?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Not too bad. I feel okay.
Q. You've done this many times, but four or five days from now when youfirst start hitting on grass again, what's that feel like every year when yougo from here to there and start hitting on the grass again?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I always enjoy it. Grass is a unique surface. We only get to play on it three or four weeksof the year. Gotta be able to adaptstraightaway to it.
It's obviously a lotmore hit or miss than playing on clay. There's a lot of differences with it. You have to definitely go there and start working on the serve and thereturn. They are the two key shots onthe grass court.
Q. You have come back a long way now already after the injury and you havedefied a lot of critics who have said you were finished basically. You're coming back and proving more andmore. Was there a certain point whereyou thought, hey, it is really getting tough with all these factors that arenot going my way, or did you always keep positive?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Last year was a tough year because I hurt myhip earlier in the year and we couldn't exactly diagnose what was wrong with itfor quite a while. I wanted to get throughas many Grand Slams and Davis Cups as possible last year.
Last year wasfrustrating in terms of that. And thenwhen I had to bite the bullet and have the operation, then, yeah, I knew it wasgoing to take time to come back. Youdon't come back from a surgery like that straightaway and start playing yourbest tennis straightaway.
So I had to get matches under my belt, and Ifeel like so far this year, you know, the first half of this year I've playedsome really good matches.
A couple that, yeah, I would like tohave again. But, overall, I feel likeI've still been getting better and better every couple of weeks.
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Posted: 03.06.09 23:06. Post subject: Хьюитт мечтает о тит..
Хьюитт мечтает о титуле
Ллейтон Хьюитт считает, ему по силам повторить свой результат на травяных кортах 2002 года.
Австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт серьезно готовится к своему выступлению на траве. Он говорит, что его игра подходит для этого покрытия и он чуствует себя на травяных кортах очень уверенно, да и тот факт, что Уимблдон ему уже покорялся помогает ему надеяться на повторный успех.
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Posted: 07.06.09 00:37. Post subject: Наша часть сетки C..
Наша часть сетки [5] CILIC, Marin CRO vs. BYE TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB vs. QUALIFIER BENNETEAU, Julie FRA vs. KOELLERER, Daniel AUT GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS vs. [9] KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO [15] HEWITT, Lleyton AUS vs. SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG GIL, Frederico POR vs. GIMENO-TRAVER, Daniel ESP MAYER, Leonardo ARG vs. VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL BYE vs. [2] RODDICK, Andy USA До Роддика доходить надо!
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Posted: 07.06.09 14:51. Post subject: Экс-первая ракетка м..
Экс-первая ракетка мира, победитель «Уимблдона»-2002 австралиец Ллейтон Хьюитт заявил, что надеется, что ему по силам будет повторить этот успех в этом году.
«Я думаю, что в удачный день я могу обыграть большинство теннисистов на «Уимблдоне». Надо, чтобы многое сложилось, но в последние годы, после победы на «Уимблдоне» в 2002, я проигрывал только сильнейшим.
Есть лишь небольшая группа игроков, имеющих обоснованные шансы на победу. Но если все сложится удачно, и организм выдержит, надеюсь, мне по силам будет сыграть все семь матчей турнира», – цитирует Хьюитта ААР.
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Posted: 24.02.10 09:22. Post subject: Ллейтону Хьюитту - 2..
Ллейтону Хьюитту - 29!
24 февраля свой день рождения отмечает австралийский теннисист Ллейтон Хьюитт. Gotennis.ru от всей души поздравляет его с 29-летием и желает огромного счастья, крепкого здоровья, и успехов.
Ллейтон Глинн Хьюитт родился в Аделаиде и до 13 лет играл в футбол, но затем сделал выбор в пользу тенниса. В профессионалах с 1998 года. За это время успел побывать первой ракеткой мира и выиграть два турнира «Большого Шлема» - Уимблдон (2002) и Открытый чемпионат США (2001).
Дважды выигрывал Кубок Дэвиса в составе сборной Австралии. А за карьеру заработал более 18 млн долларов.
В январе 2005 года Ллейтон сделал предложение австралийской актрисе Ребекке Картрайт. Они поженились 21 июля 2005 года. 29 ноября того же года родился их первый ребёнок — дочь Миа Ребекка. 11 декабря 2008 года у Ллейтона и Ребекки родился сын, которого назвали Круз Ллейтон.
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Posted: 01.08.12 12:23. Post subject: Вчера Ллейтон сыграл..
Вчера Ллейтон сыграл блестяще, и победил Марина Чилича 6-4 7-5. Сегодня играет вторым запуском на ЦК с Новаком Джоковичем, а затем в паре с Сэм Стосур против пары с Польши. Камон Рокки
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Posted: 12.02.13 13:59. Post subject: Ллейтон, сегодня буд..
Ллейтон, сегодня будет играть с Кавчичем, вторым запуском на центральном корте, приблизительно в 21.00 по Киеву Поздно вечером сыграет и пару, COME ON LLEYTON
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Posted: 13.02.13 00:54. Post subject: Тяжелый выдался матч..
Тяжелый выдался матч, полтора сета играл плохо, на приеме 1 мяч взял, со счета 3-6 1-3, Ллейтон преобразился, и играл в свою игру, если же первые полтора сета, на корте играл парень какой то, с фамилией Хьюитт, то во второй половине матча, он был узнаваем, хорошая победа над Кавчичем 3-6 6-4 7-6(4). Словенец очень хорошо держал заднюю линии и вообще не ошибался, что затрудянло немного игру, в 1/8 Ллейтон сыграет с Сэмом Куэрри
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Posted: 15.02.13 10:47. Post subject: Проиграл, Ллейтон, 6..
Проиграл, Ллейтон, 6-7(6) 6-1 6-7(4). На первом тайбрейке не хватило немного везения, был двойной сетбол, в третьем сете, Куэрри слишком хорошо и четко подавал, но Ллейтон провел хороший матч. А в паре Ллейтон с Матосевичем сделали гранд сенсацию, победили лучшую пару мира Брайанов, 6-4 6-7(4) 10-7. В полуфинале сыграют с Истомин/Елгин.
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Posted: 16.02.13 12:19. Post subject: Выиграли пару Ллейто..
Выиграли пару Ллейтон и Маринко, 6-7(7) 7-6(2) 10-5. Финал будет в воскресенье, сегодня ночью определятся соперники В последний раз Ллейтон играл финал парного турнира, в Барселоне 2010 года, вместе с Марком Ноулсом, но тогда финал проиграли, надеюсь на этот раз выиграет
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Posted: 18.02.13 10:24. Post subject: Финал проиграли 0-6 ..
Финал проиграли 0-6 7-6(5) 4-10. Но больше волнует, что на тайбрейке второго сета, Ллейтон вызвал врача, характер проблемы сложно было увидеть с такими трансляциями, надеюсь это просто мозоли были.
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Posted: 06.03.13 13:10. Post subject: Сетка ИУ просто фено..
Сетка ИУ просто феноменальная. 1 круг - Росол, 2 круг - Изнер, 3 круг - Вавринка, 4 круг - Федерер. В принципе все может закончится даже в первом круге. Изнер там у него проблема с коленями, но этот Росольчик надо пройти сначала
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Posted: 18.03.13 20:00. Post subject: Если в Сан Хосе, Мем..
Если в Сан Хосе, Мемфисе и Индиан Уэллсе, Ллейтона окружали почти все подаваны, то в Майами одни качалки Симон, Флориан Майер, Янко Типсаревич, нужно идти шаг за шагом, в первом круге португалец - Жоао Соуза. Печально, что начинает турнир половина Джоковича, в среду начинается турнир, а это значит, что трансляции только с среды и Ллейтона увидеть можно будет только с 3 круга.
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Posted: 20.03.13 23:32. Post subject: Начал с победы, при ..
Начал с победы, при очень плохой первой подачи, правда умудрился подать 11 эйсов, но не в тот момент когда нужно было, дважды подавал на матч, не использовал 5 матчболов, и только на тайбрейке с второго матчбола, в общей сложности с 7-го матчбола закрыл матч 6-1 7-6(3). Помимо тянучки Соусы, наверное и условия были не простые, иначе сложно обьяснить страные геймы. В пятницу Ллейтон играет с главной тащилой атп тура, Жилем Симоном, так же Ллейтон будет играть пару вместе с Бернардом Томиком.
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Posted: 21.03.13 09:55. Post subject: L. HEWITT/J. Sousa 6..
L. HEWITT/J. Sousa 6-1, 7-6
An interview with:
LLEYTON HEWITT
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Can you just talk a little bit about being back here and just what it means to be back at the Sony and be able to open up the way you did today?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, well, it's always good to be back at tournaments where you've played well in the past, big tournaments, as well, that I have enjoyed playing at. Yeah, when you're out injured and just had surgery and rehab, feels like a long way away to getting back out there and playing the big tournaments again. Yeah, you probably enjoy it a little bit more when you're able to come back and bounce back from, yeah, injuries, to be back competing at these tournaments. You know, it's nice to be back out there on center court today, too.
Q. Can you comment on today's match? A couple of opportunities to close it out, and then he came up with some good stuff at those moments.
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I never really had seen him play. I watched a little bit of footage of him at the Australian Open this year, but apart from that I didn't really know how he played. He played way better every time he was behind in the match. Whenever he'd get back on serve in the second set he actually played worse; when he was behind he sort of just went for it a lot more. That was tough because he sort of had nothing to lose, I guess. You know, the conditions with the wind as well playing up the end that you walk in, it was definitely, you know, into the breeze a lot more, so trying to close out that game at 6 5 wasn't easy. And to my credit, though, I bounced back early in the tiebreak and got the advantage.
Q. Comment on the conditions. The conditions at Indian Wells compared to here are just so opposite. What do you prefer playing in?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Me, probably Indian Wells suits my game probably a little bit better, I'd say. These are very heavy conditions here. Balls get a lot heavier quicker. Obviously the humidity as well makes it a heavier feeling out there; whereas the ball flies a lot more in Indian Wells.
Q. You touched on the topic of the injuries and everything you have had to endure. Have you thought about calling it quits, or is this still just a passion for you here?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Obviously when you have surgeries the last surgery I had, you know, if I didn't have it done I would have had to retire anyway. People still thought I wouldn't be able to come back and play tennis anyway when I had the surgery. Yeah, definitely goes to through your mind before any operation. Nothing is 100%. You know, I just did all the rehab and everything that, you know, I possibly could. And, you know, for me, if you miss it when you are doing rehab and getting back, then you obviously know your motivation is still there. That's the toughest thing is coming back from the surgeries.
Q. You had a big win in Indian Wells knocking out a top 20 player in John Isner. What did it mean to get a huge win against a player on home soil and confidence coming here to Miami?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, well, it gives me confidence for the rest of the year, really. Isner on those courts and Indian Wells, he's not easy for anyone, as you saw last year him making the finals. The way his serve bounces, you know, I felt my game matched up with him pretty well last week. I played a smart match, and then, yeah, I didn't play terrible against with Wawrinka. He was just too good on the night.
Q. On the line of the surgery and somebody suggesting you wouldn't be able to come back and couldn't, how much of your return was to prove others wrong but also to prove to yourself that you still had it very much in you?
LLEYTON HEWITT: It's not so much to prove others wrong. You know, I tried to get the best advice possible. The thing was the surgery that I had, there is really no other athletes that have had it done and then tried to come back and play. Normally it's someone probably 60, 70 years old that's had it done. That was the tough thing, trying to find no one could give me 100% guarantee it was going to work and that I'd be able to come back playing. If you look at the dynamics of it, yeah, a lot of the surgeons are probably right. Technically I probably shouldn't be able to keep running around the court. Yeah, I have always been one to obviously try 100% and do things out there and do it the hard way, and, yeah, probably made me a little bit more determined.
Q. And what about Simon in the next round?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I have never beaten him. He's a different player. He obviously plays with a bit of finesse out there; moves the ball around extremely well. Obviously his movement is a big part of his game, as well. He can pull the trigger when he wants to on his first serve, but also on the baseline. So, yeah, I lost to him here a few years ago pretty comfortably, so I look forward to it.
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Не, это четверть Джока! А мы так в ней ...ну так просто, залетели 
Ну а по серьезному то 1круг проходить надо! 
Cегодня в 0.00 мск предстоит тяжелій наверное матч с Симоном, но в то же время нужно побеждать 
). С 2003 года теннис начал немного по другому развиватся, после той болезни Хьюи так и скорость былую не мог вернуть, он был парень скажем так шустрый но не спортивного телосложения, в 2003 году начал работу с Роджером Рашидом он решил сделать ставку на физику, Ллейтон и стал накаченым и стал физически сильнее это дало сво результаты в 2004-2005гг, но потом что то сломалось, с 2006 года Ллейтона постояно преследуют травмы. Сложно признать но нужно, что Хьюи в период 2003-2008 было заторможение развития, и когда он при Роче начал развиватся в тенисном плане, то на него навалилось и семья, и травмы не дающие покоя, и то что сейчас много прекрасных молодых игроков. С точки зрение сможет ли Хью вернутся в ТОП-10, думаю нужно необращать внимание на рейтинг, играть в свое удовольствие играть в силу того что на даный момент может Ллейт показать на корте, а на что Ллейти будет претендовать думаю покажет грунтовый сезон. 
6\0 6\2 ! 
На фотках видно, как он рад!!! 
Симон, Флориан Майер, Янко Типсаревич, нужно идти шаг за шагом, в первом круге португалец - Жоао Соуза. Печально, что начинает турнир половина Джоковича, в среду начинается турнир, а это значит, что трансляции только с среды и Ллейтона увидеть можно будет только с 3 круга.
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