The Hopman Cup celebrated the new year in Perth with an invitation only black tie ball. Aussie Jarmilla Gajdosova looked beautiful in a Carla Zampatti gown. Lleyton Hewitt looked very dapper in a black suit as he escorted wife Bec to the ball, saying that he hoped in the new year their youngest child, Ava, would start sleeping through the night so they could get some sleep!
Photos are yet to appear so enjoy the video below
Posted in Bec Hewitt, Hopman Cup, Jarmila Gajdosova, Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt has added Peter Luczak to his enormous entourage to try and help the ailing Australian tennis star have one last successful bid at the top of the game despite his ongoing issues with his big toe.
The big toe has proven to be a big problem with a prominent Australian specialist saying it was the worst he’d ever seen and he wondered how Hewitt was even walking. The problem is that having a problem like Hewitt’s throws off your whole foot biomechanics and leaves you vulnerable to injuries elsewhere as Lleyton knows only too well.
Peter joins Hewitt’s team as a traveling hitting partner. Read more
Posted in Australian Open, Bernard Tomic, Chris Guccione, Hopman Cup, Injury, Lleyton Hewitt, Peter Luczak
Lleyton Hewitt was just beaten in the first round 6-4, 7-6 by Blaz Kavcic in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the last tournament ahead of the US Open. The problem is that Lleyton’s foot injury is struggling to cope with any competitive play.
Hewitt pushed his return after surgery for the French Open before hurting his ankle and then injuring his foot leading up to Wimbledon. It’s become difficult to keep track of Lleyton’s injuries, particularly with this recurring foot problem but it seems that, as usual, Lleyton refuses to admit that his body is no longer up to the task and retire. Read more
Posted in Blaz Kavcic, Lleyton Hewitt, Media, Roland Garros, US Open, Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic has ended the nearly decade long run of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon by beating the Spaniard 6-4, 5-1, 1-6, 6-3 and taking his top ranking in the process. The Djokovic fairy tail now means that Djokovic has beaten Nadal in five consecutive finals this year, claimed two Grand Slams and lost at only one tournament he has played in all year. This is, without doubt, the year of Novak Djokovic with the Serb claiming his 8th title of the season on the sacred grounds of Wimbledon.
Read more
Posted in Lleyton Hewitt, Match Report, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Roland Garros
Roger Federer has jumped to the defense of Lleyton Hewitt after he was asked, “do you welcome the Australians having a tennis player for a change after their great heritage?”
Federer shot back; “You talk like Lleyton isn’t around anymore. Be careful. He could have beaten Soderling. We’d be talking differently. For me, he still remains a great champion, always will be. Read more
Posted in Lleyton Hewitt, Media, Roger Federer, Wimbledon
It doesn’t matter if you like Bernard Tomic or not but you have to give the kid some credit for coming back from two sets to love down against Igor Andreev. After their match was suspended at 2-1 Tomic spoke to Todd Woodbridge as he was leaving the Wimbledon site saying he thought he’d worked Andreev out finally.
Sure enough when they returned yesterday with just two sets remaining it was Tomic who seemed to have figure out an answer as he accelerated to a 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win. Read more
Posted in Bernard Tomic, Igor Andreev, Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Rafter, Robin Soderling, Wimbledon
You would’ve thought Serena Williams would have been happy to just survive her second round encounter but instead she has attacked Wimbledon organizers for not putting her or Venus on the main show court.
“They like to put us on Court 2, me and Venus, for whatever reason. I haven’t figured it out yet. Maybe one day we’ll figure it out. I don’t know.” Read more
Lleyton Hewitt gave Robin Soderling a run for his money today before the big swinging Swede toppled Hewitt 6-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.
The first set was vital for Hewitt, without it he was going to get steam rolled against the huge hitting Soderling. Soderling fed off Hewitt’s pace and anything that dropped short had the cover smacked off it. Hewitt did well to stay with Soderling who had the advantage of serving first but as the set wore on his first serve percentage dropped below 50%. Read more
Posted in Injury, Lleyton Hewitt, Martina Hingis, Match Report, Robin Soderling, Wimbledon
