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Hewitt adds to team
By LEO SCHLINK
22dec02
WORLD No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt has bolstered his close-knit
support staff as the Wimbledon champion prepares to lay siege
to the Hopman Cup.
Plagued by virus-related illness throughout another stellar
season, Hewitt has enlisted the services of former touring
professional and fellow South Australian Roger Rasheed as
fitness coach.
A talented, explosive competitor, Rasheed has joined Hewitt's
coach, Jason Stoltenberg, at Memorial Drive, Adelaide, where
the world champion has resumed practice after taking ashort
break following his Tennis Masters Cup triumph in Shanghai.
A former SANFL footballer with Sturt, Rasheed previously coach
ed Alicia Molik ?Hewitt's Cup partner in Perth ?and was touted
as a contender to captain Australia's Fed Cup team.
Supremely fit, Rasheed was taken on to help Hewitt build up a
lasting fitness ahead of what is certain to be a gruelling
2003 season. Hewitt hopes to launch it with victories in the
Hopman Cup and the Australian Open in Melbourne next month.
"Roger is doing a lot of gym-based fitness work with Lleyton,"
Hewitt's father, Glynn, said. "Roger is helping out with the
preparation for the Hopman Cup and Australian Open, and we'll
sit down and review the situation after that.
"We need to find out how Lleyton's schedule fits in with Roger
and take it from there.
"Lleyton is taking a little bit of a different angle with his
preparation this season. He's a little bit sore from all the
work he's been doing with Roger, but he's really enjoying it.
It's a bit like having a preseason."
Hewitt worked with Mark Waters, Pat Rafter's long-time fitness
coach, for part of last season in a partnership designed to
nurse the South Australian through a string of flat patches.
"With 'Muddy' (Waters) it was more stretching rather than the
stuff Roger is doing, because every time Lleyton stepped off
a plane he had a virus," Hewitt Sr said. "By the end of the
season, the (Lleyton's) immune system was completely shot and
he was running on fumes at the end."
Laid low and vulnerable because of a chronic breathing problem
for much of this past season, Hewitt contrived an excellence
unmatched by his peers to not only land Wimbledon, but also
retain his No. 1 ranking.
The baseliner's health is being monitored by top Sydney
immunologist Professor John Dwyer, whom Hewitt regularly
consults.
The right-hander's Australian Open hopes were blocked last
year when he fell ill with chicken pox and was barely able to
muster the energy to turn out to lose a frustrating
first-round clash at Melbourne Park.
Hewitt has made no secret of his desire to add the Australian
title to his impressive collection of US Open and Wimbledon
trophies.
He will intensify his work over the next week with youngsters
Ralf Durek, Todd Reid and Ryan Henry before turning his
attentions to Italian Davide Sanguinetti at the Hopman Cup on
Sunday.
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