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...styles. But grass has the most profound influence on style of play. In 2001, Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter in a Wimbledon final that featured 38 service aces; both players favored the fast-court tactic of heading to the net to volley. A year later, however, Australian baseline specialist Lleyton Hewitt defeated Argentinian David Nalbandian in a match that featured only seven aces and not a single such serve-and-volley point...
...else do you enjoy watching these days? [Novak] Djokovic, I like. He's got a great game. Lleyton Hewitt... he's in there with a chance to prove that he's not over the hill. Maybe [coach] Tony Roche can turn him around. I like a lot of the players. I guess I look with a different set of eyes. I've been out there. What will they do in that situation? It's not to do with their rackets; it's what they do under competitive stress...
...make Australia a force in world tennis again. Cooper was once among a handful of local men in the world's Top 10. At this year's Open, starting Jan. 15 on the Rebound Ace courts of Melbourne Park, the only seeded Australian in the men's draw is Lleyton Hewitt, who's also the only Australian ranked in the Top 100. Cooper is cautiously enthusiastic about two or three 14-year-old prospects, "but for some time now our players have struggled to make the move from junior to senior ranks," he says. "It's hard to say whether...
...Does Lleyton Hewitt have no chance of becoming the first local champ in three decades...
...just a food. Which is like saying Oprah is just a woman who has a couch. This is the food that nurtured the likes of the Crocodile Hunter and the Wiggles. It's the spicy paste that put fire in the belly of Russell Crowe and Lleyton Hewitt. It put the roses in the cheeks of Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts...