For a while – for an afternoon at least – it was like the old days when fearsome Aussies were sod gods at Wimbledon, striding the lawns as conquerors. People named Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong, Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson and Lew Hoad – and others – were hoarding the championships. The last one was combative little Lleyton Hewitt, who ruled 7 years ago, … [Read more...] about FOR SAMANTHA AND LLEYTON – A RARE AFTERNOON FOR “WALTZING MATILDA”
Lleyton Hewitt
A SHOOTING GALLERY DUCK NAMED HEWITT ESCAPES THE BANG-BANG-BANG!
PARIS — Lleyton Hewitt must have felt like one of those ducks in a carnival shooting gallery. Bang…bang…bang! — it went on for about four hours as a carnival called the French Open set up shop again in the sunny Bois de Boulogne neighborhood of Paris. It will go on, as always, for two weeks, but the biggest shooter in tennis is gone. Ivo Karlovic’s pursuit of an Australian … [Read more...] about A SHOOTING GALLERY DUCK NAMED HEWITT ESCAPES THE BANG-BANG-BANG!