All things Tennis. One slice at a time.
Today was Kids Day at the Sony Open in Miami! James Blake, Christina McHale, and Lleyton Hewitt were among the players who came out to speak with kids and help them with their tennis skills at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Also there, super coach Nick Bollettieri!
Lleyton Hewitt defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in 66 minutes to win the AAMI Classic at Kooyong in Melbourne. To celebrate, the Aussie posed with his trophy and his children Ava, Cruz and Mia Hewitt. Frame-worthy!
Lleyton wasn’t the only one who got something he wanted… his son Cruz got a tennis ball signed [...]
Aussie Lleyton Hewitt (with model Scherri-Lee Biggs) launched his new C’mon apparel collection at Myer Melbourne yesterday. Lleyton posed with dozens of cute kids and signed autographs.
The collection includes shirts and hats, like the below, as well as polos and tanks. View the entire collection here!
(Photos: Getty Images, Inferno Sports)
In the high ranks of adorable tennis kids are Cruz and Mia Hewitt (above). Daddy Lleyton defeated China’s Zhang Ze 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 in their Davis Cup match, in Geelong, Australia (to give Australia a 1-0 lead) and the kiddies took it as their cue to run out of the stands to congratulate him, inflatable [...]
Sam Stosur was awarded the Newcombe Medal and was presented with it by its namesake, John Newcombe, in front of more than 700 people at Crown’s Palladium Ballroom, Tennis Australia said.
“It’s such an honour to win the Newcombe Medal again this year, and to have so many legendary Australian players here in the room tonight [...]
As an American, I’ve heard my fair share of criticism for American men’s tennis. While we still have our reliable Roddick and a few that have rose to the challenge in the top 20, the future is anything but clear.
Seems like the same goes for Australia. Lleyton Hewitt has been a permanent fixture and synonymous [...]
In the dead of winter, I ignore the snow still sitting on the sidewalks, curl up on my couch with a mug of hot cocoa and watch the Australian Open every night for two weeks.
I’m dressed in layers and huddled under a blanket but I’m watching athletes sweat in the hot Melbourne sun.
Thoughts in my [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Llyeton Hewitt, Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych and Gael Monfils hit the courts at Melbourne Park for their last chance practice.
In his first appearance at the Kooyong Classic, Lleyton Hewitt took the title, defeating Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3.
Hewitt defeated Mikhail Youzhny and Nikolay Davydenko previously to reach the final.
“It’s as good as I could have done. The last two weeks, I’ve done everything possible for me,” Hewitt said.
At the beginning of the second set, Monfils [...]
Yesterday in Perth, Andy Murray got some last-minute training in outside for his Hopman Cup match, today against Italy. Lleyton Hewitt also hit the practice court, fresh off his win from Sunday, and was all-smiles at a press conference.
(Photos: Getty Images)
