By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Andre Agassi did not think much of the 16-year-old Lleyton Hewitt when he marched out for their first match on a broiling hot day in South Australia in 1998. A short and skinny kid with straggly hair spilling out of a backward-facing baseball cap, Hewitt looked more like an […]
By Greg Stutchbury MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lleyton Hewitt said he was proud of his contribution in taking down the tennis giants on Thursday after his 20th and final appearance in the Australian Open singles came to a close. The Australian, whose 18-year career will officially end once he is knocked out of the men’s doubles […]
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell under the Australian Open floodlights on Thursday as David Ferrer snuffed out any chance of fairytale final flourish from the local hero. After world number two Andy Murray had trampled on home sensibilities by mauling Australian Sam Groth to reach the third round, […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are back in action at the Australian Open on Friday with comfortable looking hurdles to overcome to reach the fourth round. Top seed Djokovic, untroubled so far as he seeks a sixth Australian Open title, takes on Italian 28th seed Andreas Seppi having beaten him […]
Roger Federer, the tennis maestro from Switzerland, has always been talked about his grace, elegance and how easy he makes everything look on the Tennis court. Even his biggest of rivals have admitted that they wished they could play as effortlessly and elegantly as Federer has done over the years. Andy Murray, after losing to […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Madison Keys proved last year she will be ready when American trailblazer Serena Williams decides to hand over the baton. In reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open, aged 19, the Florida-based big-hitter with one of the hardest forehands in the game had pundits lining up to say “told you so”. A […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Fourth seed and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka was given a thorough workout before beating 37-year-old Radek Stepanek 6-2 6-3 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday. The Swiss was occasionally bamboozled by the Czech veteran’s serve-and-volley game but kept his composure to triumph on Hisense Arena. […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lleyton Hewitt was ushered into retirement as Spain’s David Ferrer ended the Australian former world number one’s career with a 6-2 6-4 6-4 victory on an emotional night at Melbourne Park on Thursday. Hewitt, a two-time grand slam champion, scrapped for all his worth against the tenacious eighth seed but was unable […]
