Rain prevented any matches being completed on Thursday so Tomic, if he had beaten the Russian, would have had to play a semi-final later on Friday, as well as potentially Saturday’s final, before taking on Denis Istomin at the Australian Open.
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Temperatures in the high 30s have been forecast for Tuesday, when Tomic and veteran Lleyton’ Hewitt are among the local drawcards, and Monday, when respective top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are scheduled for the afternoon session on Rod Laver Arena.
And the Australian former world number, who has US Open (2001) and Wimbledon (2002) grand slam wins to his name, said there was a certain inevitability about his opening round draw against good friend Duckworth. Please note that comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language and will be removed accordingly. With the 34-year-old Australian set to retire after the Australian open and take over as Davis Cup captain, accolades for the gritty fighter are rolling in. In 2003, he hammered Todd Larkham 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.
Nick Kyrgios sledges Stan Wawrinka? at the 2015 Australian Open.
Hewitt’s final act of the match was a handsome lob which just landed in the court. To celebrate his win and his ascension to No. 1 player in the world, Courier plunged into the Yarra River to cool off. I think (the attention) always gets a little too big.
The Belarusian produced a powerful masterclass to post the first so-called “double bagel” of the tournament so far and only the 19th in the history of the Australian Open.
“Because I know when I was growing up – I mean, certainly throughout my whole career – I was never warned about that or told about that or anyone said to me how you should handle that if you’re in that situation”. I’ve got to take it one match at a time and focus on that.
With these words, Lleyton Hewitt fell to the blue Plexicushion surface of Rod Laver Arena, triumphant after beating fellow Aussie James Duckworth in straight sets in round one of the Australian Open on Tuesday night.
This week, those who have loved him or wanted to hit him across the court with a backhand will have the opportunity to say goodbye to one of Australia’s most iconic players of the past 20 years – a true battler who will not give up until the final point. “He’s a great kid”, said Hewitt, a two-time grand slam champion”.
“I think it’s very hard to ever have a better ambassador than Roger for our sport”. But you got to try to block that out as much as possible.
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But he anxious him off it. The key moment came in the third set which Duckworth was leading 4-3 with a service break.
