dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Watching Ivanovic-Dechy on Fox. Dechy so bad it's keeping them on.Still showing the Hewitt match I imagine.
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*Official* Tennis Thread
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NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
tbf, I don't like watching him much but if he got up I'd cheer him. I enjoy watching Fed but I wouldn't mind seeing him lose, whoever against. Hewitt's a dick but he's got some fight and some spirit in him, which I can respect.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I respect Hewitt's ability to dig deep, and not throw it away when he's losing like so many other players.
However, apart from him being a dick, he's already won Wimbledon in the past, and I don't see what that did for Australian tennis back then? The flow on effect has obviously been very little.
Additionally, I don't believe in the rule that I must cheer him on because he is an Australian. I hate that line of thinking.
People forget Hewitt was the last person to win Wimbledon before Federer. I'd love someone new to win it, and I understand wanting Federer to not win it again, but not Lleyton.
Marat would be a dream, Rafa would be awesome, everyone else is pretty meh. Gasquet, Ancic, Baghdatis, Roddick and Haas would all be better than Hewitt.
That being said, I have noticed Hewitt being less of a prick on the court recently.
However, apart from him being a dick, he's already won Wimbledon in the past, and I don't see what that did for Australian tennis back then? The flow on effect has obviously been very little.
Additionally, I don't believe in the rule that I must cheer him on because he is an Australian. I hate that line of thinking.
People forget Hewitt was the last person to win Wimbledon before Federer. I'd love someone new to win it, and I understand wanting Federer to not win it again, but not Lleyton.
Marat would be a dream, Rafa would be awesome, everyone else is pretty meh. Gasquet, Ancic, Baghdatis, Roddick and Haas would all be better than Hewitt.
That being said, I have noticed Hewitt being less of a prick on the court recently.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
That's all well and good, unless you don't like those players. This is all from your POV.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
I actually didn't say I wanted Hewitt to win the whole thing.
I reckon if he beat Federer he'd still not be the favourite to win the whole thing.
I'm probably one of the few Aussies who admit that they like Hewitt, don't care if he doesn't win the whole thing, but it would just be nice to see him beat Federer again.
I reckon if he beat Federer he'd still not be the favourite to win the whole thing.
I'm probably one of the few Aussies who admit that they like Hewitt, don't care if he doesn't win the whole thing, but it would just be nice to see him beat Federer again.
people have strange tastes...
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yeah fair point. I guess my main point is that Hewitt's won it before anyway, so its not so much as a long time coming (where Andy and Rafa have made two finals), nor a coming of age. It'd just be weird.
That's fair enough I guess. Hewitt/Federer was the main match to watch in 2004. Seems like a decade ago, when Roger was at his peak and no one (bar Safin once in a way) looked like stopping him.
well that didn't last long, although feds takes the 3rd in a tie-break...let's see how long feds can go without dropping his serve...
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