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Cause I like tennis and as much of a flog Hewitt has been at times, it would be nice to seem him win something later in his career.
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Cause I like tennis and as much of a flog Hewitt has been at times, it would be nice to seem him win something later in his career.
ok good, i thought you were going the other way with it.
the number of times i've heard people saying he should give it away really grinds my gears!as lonmg as he's enjoying playing and competing he should continue to play.
Wright Away
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To be fair to him he got really close a few years ago at Wimbledon and probably should have made the final, and he has cut the net hitting stuff out of his game.
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Come On!!! 
Not a bad effort by our No.1 ticket holder "old" Lleyton Hewitt this morning at Wimbledon ousting the more favoured No.11 seed Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets 6 - 4, 7 - 5, 6 - 3, to go through to the second round. Life in the "old" boy yet. As a side note Nadal crashed out to world No. 135 ranked player Steve Darcis.
Not a bad effort by our No.1 ticket holder "old" Lleyton Hewitt this morning at Wimbledon ousting the more favoured No.11 seed Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets 6 - 4, 7 - 5, 6 - 3, to go through to the second round. Life in the "old" boy yet. As a side note Nadal crashed out to world No. 135 ranked player Steve Darcis.
Lleyton Hewitt made a scintillating start to his 15th consecutive Wimbledon campaign with a straight-sets upset win over Swiss 11th seed Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday.
The 32-year-old Australian, a 2002 champion at the All England Club, rolled back the years to reach the second round with a 6-4 7-5 6-3 victory.
It was the only Australian victory in singles on the opening day after Marinko Matosevic and Matt Reid lost their first-round matches.
Rolling back the years: Lleyton Hewitt. Photo: Reuters
World No.70 Hewitt will next face German Dustin Brown, who defeated Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-3 6-3.
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And he'll be eyeing off a run deep into the draw, particularly after potential fourth-round opponent Rafael Nadal suffered a shock loss to Steve Darcis just moments earlier on Court One.
Buoyed by his surprise run to the Queen's Club semi-finals, Hewitt said he didn't feel like the underdog against Wawrinka, who'd been defeated by the eventual champions in both of this year's grand slams so far.
And he didn't look it either as he blew his opponent off the court in the early stages.
Hewitt had spent the week in training while Wawrinka arrived in London only a day before the tournament after reaching the final at 's-Hertogenbosch on Saturday.
And the Australian looked the sharper player as he raced to a 4-0 lead.
Wawrinka battled back but Hewitt held on to serve it out on his fourth set point when up 5-4.
It was Hewitt's turn to stage a fightback in the second set, coming back from a break down early to take a two-sets-to-love lead.
Wawrinka's frustration was on show as he received a warning for tossing his racquet into the ground, and Hewitt didn't let up in the third set.
He broke serve in the first game and fought hard to hold his serve against a desperate Wawrinka, winning an epic game to go up 4-2.
In fading light, Hewitt converted his fourth match point on Wawrinka's serve, dropping to his knees and pumping his fists in an animated celebration in front of a crowd featuring a vocal Australian contingent.
"People ask me when I'm going to retire. Why would I retire when I can play in an atmosphere like that?," Hewitt said after the match.
"It was a great adrenaline rush."
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-upsets-wawrinka-in-wimbledon-opener-20130625-2otg3.html#ixzz2XDOTGRfV
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Let's see how he goes next round. Hopefully he can keep going, instead of losing to an unknown.
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Hewitt winning a first round match is certainly newsworthy these days.
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No doubt about it the Tall Poppy Syndrome is alive and well on Big Footy, what an absolute mob of kiljoys some of you really are!!! I guess you must all be elite sportsmen too with talent just dripping out of every pore!!
Southerntakeover
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No doubt about it the Tall Poppy Syndrome is alive and well on Big Footy, what an absolute mob of kiljoys some of you really are!!! I guess you must all be elite sportsmen too with talent just dripping out of every pore!!
Aww, were we mean to the poor multi millionaire?
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No Master, we can go with Adam Scott.
Guy Sebastian
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Lleyton Hewitt
He's been done and dusted for over 5 years. There are much better options for the number one ticket holder.
Let's not upset anyone though, the AFC boat doesn't like rocking.
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He's been done and dusted for over 5 years. There are much better options for the number one ticket holder.
Let's not upset anyone though, the AFC boat doesn't like rocking.
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Maybe Trigg for no 1 ticket holder, after all he's achieved as much as Hewitt in the last 5
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It's Friday.
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Why can't we have joint holders? Or is that like an oxymoron?
Dirty Bird
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Now I wonder.
Is that supposed to mean they're both useless.
Or they've both destroyed the team from the inside.
We do. Kate "token" Ellis.
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Careful talking like that, Dandy Go will be right onto you.
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Everyday is Friday.
What has Guy Sebastian done? Much rather a done and dusted Hewitt to him.
Has Guy ever been to a game?
Hewitt may be a bit of a douche, but he is passionate about the club.
Saw Patty Mills at an after match in Melbourne last year, he too loves the club and is a real supporter.
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