By Scoop Malinowski Lleyton Hewitt is a tennis Hall of Fame legend with two career highlights that stand out above the rest - winning 2002 Wimbledon and 2001 US Open. Hewitt's major titles both came in straight, three set dominations of David Nalbandian and Pete Sampras, respectively. But an often overlooked conquest of Hewitt was his Herculean effort to clinch the 2002 ATP world no. 1 ranking at the Master's Cup in Shanghai. Continue to read full article...

Lleyton Hewitt

The career of tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt is roaring on in Fuzion 100 Surbiton Challenger $127,000 this week. The un-retired 37 year old former ATP no. 1 is playing doubles on the grass with Alex Bolt, with an eye on acquiring match play on grass for his next assignment, a wildcard into Queens with Nick Kyrgios and most likely a wild card into Wimbledon. Continue to read full article...

Come on! · Lleyton Hewitt

By Scoop Malinowski Lleyton Hewitt announced on Twitter he is ending his two year retirement from professional tennis and will return to action next week in Estoril, Portugal where he will play doubles with Australian teenager Alex Deminaur. Continue to read full article...

Lleyton Hewitt

By Scoop Malinowski The tennis powers that be want to change the format of the Davis Cup and at least one prominent tennis figure is standing up and resisting the drastic alterations to one of the most historic elements of professional tennis. The Davis Cup. "The #DavisCup is one of the best competitions in world sport with 117 years of history & tradition. There is no greater honour! #FightForWhatsRight" was a post by Lleyton Hewitt on Instagram two weeks ago. Continue to read full article...

Davis Cup · Lleyton Hewitt

By Scoop Malinowski I first suggested this rumor to you months ago after reading a cryptic Instagram comment from Aussie player Matt Reid who seemingly joked on one of Lleyton Hewitt's posts that the officially retired Davis Cup captain might play the 2018 Australian Open. Continue to read full article...

comeback · Lleyton Hewitt

By Scoop Malinowski I'm gonna catch some flak for this but I think Hewitt, at his best, his feistiest, most fired up and tenacious, could put a beating on anyone from tennis history...Federer, Nadal and Djokovic included. Heck, we saw what Hewitt did to Pete Sampras in that U.S. Open final of 2001. Hewitt slammed Poor Pete to the tune of 76 61 61. And it wasn't like Pete was tired from a long semi - he bested Safin, the defending champ, in straight sets. In his semi, Hewitt blasted Kafelnikov 1-2-1. Continue to read full article...

Australia · Lleyton Hewitt

By Scoop Malinowski Like Dan, I’m not much of a golf fan, but my favorite event is the Ryder Cup, which is a bi-annual USA vs Europe team event, currently being contested in Chaska, Minnesota. The intensity of this golf clash of titans is above and beyond what we see in the regular golf majors […] Continue to read full article...

Golf · Lleyton Hewitt · Novak Djokovic · Rafael Nadal · Rory McIlroy · Ryder Cup · Tennis

By Scoop Malinowski I was able to give the subject of Facing Hewitt a personal copy of his own book on Friday afternoon after his post Steve Johnson match press conference. He said Thanks mate, paused for a couple of photos. I also gave his wife Bec a copy on Wednesday. Now that Hewitt has […] Continue to read full article...

Australia · Lleyton Hewitt · Newport · Wimbledon · Yonex

One of the most respected grinders of the ATP Tour, "Iron" Mike shares insights and memories of a remarkable 13-year ATP career - which has endured numerous surgeries, grand slam glory & agony, countless mileage by foot and air - but is still going quite strong... Status: ATP #81. Winner of 11 Challenger and 8 Futures events. Has career wins against Berdych, Bruguera, Verkerk, Dent, Hanescu, Malisse, Mahut and Sanguinetti. His highest ATP ranking was #60 in 2007. Has earned over $1,000,000 in career prize money. Tennis Inspirations: "Growing up I loved watching Andre Agassi play, he was my hero. The way he could take the ball early. Hit everything as hard as he could. Inspirations for me - are my wife, my parents, they both worked really hard, never had that much growing up and had to work hard for everything. Like I do when I play on the court. I have to work for everything." First Tennis Memory: "Gotta be hitting on the garage when I was five years old. Wood racquet." Nicknames: "Mussell, Wheels, Mighty Mouse, Iron Mike." Funny Tennis Memory: "Playing a match one time, French Open juniors (1994), my opponent Kevin Kim, hit a serve and it hit a bird, it was flying across the court. Unfortunately it killed the bird. Another time I played a Challenger and the fish dropped out of the sky - in the middle of the court - and it was an eagle carrying the fish from the ocean. And dropped it in the middle of the point during the match (Savannah, GA)." Continue to read full article...

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