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Hewitt reaches 2nd round of Stockholm, defending champ Monfils out
Hewitt wins a three-setter in the first round of Stockholm Open 2012, while outsider Rosenholm smashes out defending champ Monfils. Former number one Australian Lleyton Hewitt produced a confident first set against higher ranked Kevin Anderson of South Africa. He held all of his service games, broke Anderson in the [...] -
Ferrer sends Hewitt home and moves into fourth round of US Open
Lleyton Hewitt put up a good fight against David Ferrer for first two sets of their third round 2012 US Open clash, but his game eventually fell apart. Former number one Hewitt, who was issued a wild card to play at this year’s US Open, did not disappoint, but was [...] -
Del Potro beats Harrison to move into third round of 2012 US Open
Juan Martin Del Potro saw off crowd favourite Ryan Harrison in an enthralling four set encounter to book a third round encounter with fellow Argentinean Leonardo Mayer. Del Potro hit 4 aces and 29 winners on his way to a 6-2 6-3 2-6 6-2 victory. Harrison started poorly and gave [...] -
Roddick out of Cincinnati, Haas and Hewitt through to round two
Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt proceed to second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters while sixteenth seed Andy Roddick drops out. Querrey, Istomin, Troicki, and Chardy are also through. German veteran Haas has been in a great form recently as he won the Halle tournament in June and played some superb [...] -
Resurgents Blake and Hewitt given US Open Wild Cards
2001 US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt and 106th ranked James Blake have been confirmed as wild card entrants for this year’s Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows by the USTA (United States Tennis Association). Both Hewitt and Blake have enjoyed something of a career revival this tennis season, and as such [...] -
Djokovic comes back from a set down against Hewitt, books an Olympic QF place
World no.2 Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to defeat former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, beating him 4-6 7-5 6-1 and booking a quarterfinal place at the 2012 London Olympics. With this win, the Serb improved his head to head record against Hewitt to 7-1 and [...] -
Djokovic – Hewitt 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Djokovic v Hewitt: 4-6 7-5 6-1 RESULT Always a strong battle from Lleyton Hewitt so a good win for the world no2 but he wasn’t too happy with the surface again and the wind certainly caused him a few problems. Up next for him? Either Feliciano Lopez or Jo-Wilfred Tsonga [...] -
Hewitt upsets Cilic, Baghdatis also through to play Murray at Olympics
Australian Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s singles at the London Olympic games. He beat Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets, in one of the surprises of this round. Being a former Wimbledon champion (as well as US Open champion) he was back on familiar [...] -
Hewitt advances into round two at Olympics, Gasquet dismisses Haase
A day later than planned due to rain, Leyton Hewitt has boosted Australian hopes by progressing into the second round of the Olympics Tennis, keeping his dreams of the Gold medal alive. In what turned out to be a very thrilling but hard fought match Hewitt broke Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky [...] -
Olympic Gold is bigger than a Grand Slam for Tomic
For the former teen tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic, winning gold at the Olympics at Wimbledon is bigger than taking the title at the Grand Slam tournament itself. Far more than just the year’s “fifth grand slam”, as far as Tomic is concerned the Olympics are more important than any of [...] -
Isner beats Hewitt and successfully defends his Newport title
Top seed John Isner successfully managed to defend his Newport title after beating former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (1) 6-4 in Sunday’s final. It was Hewitt who was going into today’s match with a 3-0 head to head record against Isner, withouth dropping a set in their previous encounters. [...] -
Isner through to Newport final, plays Hewitt for title
John Isner could once again rely on his big serve as he fired 11 aces to overcome fellow American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (4) 6-3, booking his place in the Hall Of Fame Championships final in Newport. In a match that lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes, Isner battled his way [...] -
Defending champion Isner to face Harrison in Newport semis
American John Isner is one step closer to defend his title at the Hall Of Fame Championships in Newport after overcoming South African qualifier Izak van der Merwe 6-4 7-6 (2) in a match that was dominated by serves. Top seed Isner managed to break his opponent in the third [...]
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