Bad-tempered Hewitt lashes umpire
Bad-tempered Hewitt lashes umpire
World number one Lleyton Hewitt was involved in a heated outburst against the
chair umpire on his way to a nail-biting win against Frenchman Arnaud
Clement in the second round of the Hamburg Masters in Germany on Wednesday.
The South Australian took more than three-and-a-half hours to grind out the
6-7, 6-4, 7-6 win and secure his third round berth.
But tempers frayed early on when the umpire reversed a critical line call,
leading to Clement taking the first set.
Hewitt swore at the umpire and advised him to go back to the satellite
circuit and "learn the rules".(XD...他還真敢說..昨天一定不是光頭裁判)
The narrow win followed a two-hour, 22-minute battle on Tuesday against
German wild card Markus Hantschk, with Hewitt showing signs of ring rustiness
after an enforced injury lay-off.
Mark Philippoussis had an easier time, progressing to the third round after
an easier win over Xavier Malisse, 6-3 , 7-6.
"I'm trying to make my three-set matches into five-setters so I've got good
preparation for the French Open (later this month)," Hewitt said after his
match.
"There were times in the match I didn't feel I played my best tennis, but I
felt like I fought really hard and I came up with some big points at the
right time," he added.
Hewitt, struggling against the heavy conditions, dropped the first five games
before staging a remarkable comeback that almost earned him the set.
He pulled back to 5-5 and held off six set points before leading the tiebreak
7-6. But the umpire's line call and a netted forehand cost him his chance
and a perfect drop volley from Clement gave the Frenchman the set.
Hewitt fought back in the second set to lead 5-0 before Clement pulled back
to 5-4, but then dropped his serve a third time to give Hewitt the set.
In a dramatic finale, Clement broke serve with a superb forehand crosscourt
pass to lead 5-4 and serve for victory, but Hewitt responded by breaking
serve.
In the tiebreak, Hewitt recovered from 3-5 and eventually closed out the
match on his second match point.
In other matches, French Open champion and number five seed Albert Costa of
Spain was upset 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 by Belgium's Olivier Rochus, and 10th seeded
Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean was beaten 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 by Britain's Tim Henman
Tommy Robredo of Spain, seeded 14, slumped 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to Argentina's
Mariano Zabaleta, but seeds that did progress included Argentina's David
Nalbandian and Guillermo Coria, Germany's Rainer Schuettler, Brazilian
Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
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