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Baghdatis' Injury Advances Hewitt

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Former No. 1-ranked Lleyton Hewitt has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open when Marcos Baghdatis was forced to retire with a right shoulder injury with Hewitt leading 6-0, 4-2.The last time the pair met here -- in 2008 -- they started just before midnight and Hewitt won a...

Time For Five-Set Women's Grand Slams

I just got done watching Novak Djokovic defeat Marcos Baghdatis in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. As you can tell by the picture above, the match went nearly five hours, lasted five sets, and it was an utter duel that tested endurance, strength, moxie, and heart. Only a day earlier, I saw Djokovic grind for four hours in a...

Raffa Roughs Up Hewitt at French Open

Rafael Nadal punished Lleyton Hewitt today at the French Open, 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). Raffa, now in the quarterfinals, pummeled Hewitt with high-bouncing , heavy topspin groundstrokes. Hewitt far too often found himself pinned six to eight feet behind the baseline and still hitting shoulder-high shots.In the end Hewitt, who...

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05/29/12 Gallant Hewitt crashes out but Tomic through at French... Source: f2 Network Try as he might, iron-willed Lleyton Hewitt has been unable to drag his bionic big toe into the second round of the French Open, but fellow Australian Bernard Tomic is safely through.
05/29/12 Pain-free Hewitt takes heart from loss Source: Seven News Ltd Pain-free for the first time in two years, Lleyton Hewitt is looking to the grasscourt season with renewed hope despite his first-round exit from the French Open. Hewitt hailed his radical foot surgery a minor miracle after surviving a gruelling three hours, 50 minutes in his first competitive outing since having a metal plate and two screws inserted in his troublesome left big toe in February.
05/28/12 Djokovic, Federer open French campaign Source: Sky News - Australia World No.1 Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer start their campaigns on day two of the French Open, while Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic are also in action.
05/28/12 Federer equals Connors' record, Hewitt... Source: SuperSport Roger Federer kicked off his 50th straight major with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win over Germany's Tomas Kamke at the French Open on Monday to equal Jimmy Connors' record of 233 Grand Slam match victories.
05/28/12 Hewitt crashes out of French Open Source: The Star - South Africa Australia's former world number one Lleyton Hewitt made an early exit from the French Open on Monday, beaten in four sets by unheralded Slovenian Blaz Kavcic.