A natural born fighter, Lleyton Hewitt never knew just how close he came to knocking out Marat Safin in their epic final at ...
It happened back in 2002 when Marat Safin was taking on Thomas Johansson in the Melbourne showpiece. Safin, who won his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows in late 2000, was heavy favourite ...
Back then, the Australian Open felt like a Grand Slam only by name. The tournament, then hosted at the outgrown facilities in ...
Safin beat him in straight sets ... There was so much high quality tennis and I think the Australian public just rode it all the way.” Hewitt’s quarter-final against Nalbandian, another ...
Novak Djokovic beat Jiri Lehecka in to set up a blockbuster Australian Open clash with Carlos Alcaraz, and had a long-term ...