Tag: Australian Lleyton Hewitt

Go away! No one likes you: Tomic blasts Davis Cup skipper Hewitt

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Firebrand Bernard Tomic has launched an extraordinary attack on fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt, saying “no one likes him any more” while claiming he has ruined the national tennis system. The combustible 26-year-old unloaded on the Australian Davis Cup captain and two-time Grand Slam champion after being bundled out of Melbourne Park at the first hurdle late Monday. He alleged there were deep divisions in the Australian men’s game. “It’s all Lleyton. […]

Tennis: Teen Rublev tries to deny Nadal semi-final at US Open

by Jim Slater Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Russian teen Andrey Rublev, inspired by other young stars of Russian parentage, is the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001 and on a collision course with his idol – Rafael Nadal. The 53rd-ranked 19-year-old dispatched Belgian ninth seed David Goffin 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Monday to book a last-eight date Wednesday with 15-time Grand Slam champion and world number one Nadal. “I’m just going to […]