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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: 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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