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The little smartarse did respect his opponent and paid the penalty.

Perhaps he should let his tennis talent do the talking and not his mouth. The arrogant little ****.


[SIZE=-3]waits...[/SIZE]
 
Originally posted by JUBJUB
What will the excuse be this time ?
injury or illness ?
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He didn't have any excuses. He basically admitted that he just got ambushed.

A couple of articles of interest...

1.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3013820.stm

Hewitt crashes out
Ivo Karlovic staged one of Wimbledon's biggest-ever upsets as he stunned defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the first round.

The 6ft 10in Croatian, ranked 203 in the world, lost the first set and the Australian top seed appeared to be on his way to an easy win.

But he dug deep, and took the second on a tie-break, before blitzing the out-of-sorts Hewitt in the third and fourth sets to wrap up a 1-6 7-6 6-3 6-4 win.

Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon men's champion since tennis turned professional in 1968 to lose in the first round.

In fact, only once before in the tournament's 126-year history, had a men's champion lost in the opening round when in 1967 Manuel Santana was beaten by Charlie Pasarell.

Hewitt picked up another unwanted record as he became only the third defending champion to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam, after Boris Becker in the 1997 Australian Open and Pat Rafter in the 1999 US Open.

The fiery Australian's form coming into the tournament had been a little shaky.

But few would have predicted 24-year-old Karlovic's extraordinary victory in his first-ever Grand Slam match.

An unknown qualifier, Karlovic seemed down and out when he lost the first set in just 19 minutes.

But with Hewitt making an increasing number of errors and persistently opting to lob without success, Centre Court was amazed as the huge Croat blasted his way back into the match.

He sent down 18 aces on his way to securing his astonishing victory in two hours 24 minutes.

It was only his 11th career match at full Tour level.

Hewitt's defeat opens up the top half of the Wimbledon draw, and may boost the hopes of Britain's Greg Rusedski.

If Rusedski can make it past fifth seed Andy Roddick in the second round, Thailand's 12th seed Paradorn Srichaphan would be the biggest name between him and the semi-finals.

Some other interesting sidebars of the multi-media variety on the BBC site as well...

And...

2.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3014160.stm

Hewitt makes no excuses
By Alex Perry
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

All the talk on the first morning at Wimbledon was of a proposed boycott by the ATP of next year's tournament.

Lleyton Hewitt will probably now be wishing they had got their act together in time for this year's event after becoming the first men's reigning champion to lose in the first round since the Open era began.

Hewitt was remarkably calm afterwards, and refused to make any excuses for his defeat at the hands of the little known Croat Ivo Karlovic.

The only time Hewitt showed any signs of his famous temper was when he was asked whether his recent split from coach Jason Stoltenberg, or pending lawsuit against the ATP had disrupted his game.

"No, not at all," said Hewitt emphatically.

"I felt like I was hitting the ball pretty well," he insisted. "I just didn't take my chances."

Nevertheless, many will still question his decision to go it alone.

The Australian points to tournament wins in Scottsdale and Indian Wells earlier in the year, and suggests it is only his Grand Slam performances that have let him down.

And two of those were while he was still with Stoltenberg.

"My Grand Slams have been pretty disappointing in terms of results.

"But I don't think I did too much wrong against El Aynaoui [in Australia], and the first two sets against Robredo [at Roland Garros] were probably the best I've ever played on clay.

"This has been the most disappointing of all the Slams."

But Hewitt preferred to give credit to his opponent for this defeat than blame himself.

"There wasn't too much I could do on the breakpoints," he said.

"I had one early in the third set and another at the start of the fourth set, and he hit two aces.

"When I missed those opportunities early in the second set, his whole game came together.

"Early on I felt pretty good - it just shows how quickly things can change."

Hewitt has one more Slam this year to try to put things right.

"I hope I can learn from this," he said. "The US Open is somewhere I've had good results - that's the big one for me now."

Even if had any excuses, still, this is quite a shock...
 

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Oh cmon guys!!! You have to enjoy the way he plays his tennis, with such passion and determination! yes he's arrogant and can be a little ****! But guys, atleast give him the respect he deserves. He didnt get to number 1 in the world without alot of hard work. Respect him for that!!!
 

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Why is it everytime he loses people say he choked???
 
Originally posted by Bulldog1954
Why is it everytime he loses people say he choked???
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Because they are insecure little twits with nothing else to do but jump on the internet and get their little weekly highlight by someone with more talent in his little finger than they have in their entire scrawny little bodies.
 
Originally posted by Docker_Brat
The little smartarse did respect his opponent and paid the penalty.

Perhaps he should let his tennis talent do the talking and not his mouth. The arrogant little ****.


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What a load of garbage. He did respect his opponent, the talk in the days leading up to the match was all about the danger of playing him. Anyone playing on grass who is that tall and possesses that type of serve is a chance of winning a match regardless of who it is against.
He gave all credit to the croatian afterwards too. You need to get out more little man
 
Tall poppy syndrome is alive and well on Big Footy Boards.
Whilst I am not a fan of "Adelaide's Own" I believe sad gits such as DB starting such a thread is typical of the insecurities of some people who take joy at such results be they sporting, entertainment or business related.
Grow up DB and worry about your own life.

DT:o
 

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Originally posted by doug thomas
Tall poppy syndrome is alive and well on Big Footy Boards.
Whilst I am not a fan of "Adelaide's Own" I believe sad gits such as DB starting such a thread is typical of the insecurities of some people who take joy at such results be they sporting, entertainment or business related.
Grow up DB and worry about your own life.

DT:o
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Spot on. Git is the perfect word to use too.
 
Originally posted by Perty4
Its a bit hard when hes trying to lob drop shots over the head of a bloke whos 6ft 10 tall with a HUGE reach.
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yeah, that guy was huge...when i saw them shaking hands i thought "that guy could EAT hewitt".

anyways, hewitts got to get some sort of net game - stop retreating to the baseline when hitting a midrange ball & come into the net goddammit!...oh yeah, and work on that serve.
 
Hewitt explained clearly and succinctly why he lost. He failed to take his chances in the second set when the match was there to be blown open. After that his opponent gave him fewer chances to get into the game and he was simply outplayed.

I have enormous respect for him after seeing his post match interview - no excuses at all.

To all you anti Lleyton trolls.....

C'mon!!!!!!
 
Originally posted by hotpie
Hewitt explained clearly and succinctly why he lost. He failed to take his chances in the second set when the match was there to be blown open. After that his opponent gave him fewer chances to get into the game and he was simply outplayed.

I have enormous respect for him after seeing his post match interview - no excuses at all.

To all you anti Lleyton trolls.....

C'mon!!!!!!
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Some people will never forgive him. Its that simple from such simple people. Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by doug thomas
Tall poppy syndrome is alive and well on Big Footy Boards.
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There it is!! The good old chestnut being brought out again :rolleyes:

Bulldog says why is it everytime he loses its called choking?

Well why is it everytime someone doesnt like an Australian sportsperson its called Tall Poppy Syndrome?? :rolleyes:

Pathetic!!! Why is it that whenever someone says something slightly negative about the arrogant little Australian the good ol 'oh youve got Tall Poppy Syndrome' lines gets brought out?

Your telling me you like every single sports person in Australian history?
 
Originally posted by eastaugh36
Some people will never forgive him. Its that simple from such simple people. Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
:rolleyes:
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A hypocrticial load of toss from yourself as usual Easty. Your the one that always goes on and on and on and on about Phillipousus about something that happened 6 or 7 years ago :rolleyes:

Follow your own advice before having a go at other people.
 

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