Hewitt distraught at split

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Hewitt distraught at split By Ian Haberfield, Ben English and Rosanne Michie October 24, 2004 LLEYTON Hewitt has told friends of his heartbreak and shock when fiancee Kim Clijsters dumped him. Clijsters, 21, phoned Hewitt on Thursday night to end their five-year relationship without giving a reason. On Friday she posted a brief statement on her website announcing the split. But reports from Belgium say the injured star cancelled her wedding dress weeks ago. Last night a distraught Hewitt was believed to have fled overseas. "He's angry, embarrassed, devastated, distraught - all of that stuff," .a friend of Hewitt's said. "He's been kicked in the guts and he's been kicked in the guts internationally and embarrassingly. "He had a few warning signs but when it came it came as a huge shock. "There were some signs she might have cold feet about the wedding after the US Open but then he thought everything was OK," the friend said. Dress Designer Nicky Vankets, who was to make Clijsters' wedding dress, said he had known for more than a week but was not allowed to tell anyone. Friends of Hewitt said the Aussie star had some inkling all was not well but were floored when Clijsters ended their engagement over the phone. Hewitt, 23, withdrew from the Madrid Masters tournament this week, citing unspecified personal reasons. He has been holidaying in Darwin this week with his friend Adelaide footballer Andrew McLeod. Early yesterday, Hewitt was relaxing with mates at Darwin's Discovery nightclub. Hewitt partied in the VIP section of the club, a private bar overlooking the main dance floor, in the city's main entertainment strip in Mitchell St. Hewitt was due back in Adelaide last night to attend a 36ers basketball match but he phoned coach Phil Smythe to say he couldn't make it and had to get out of the country. Instead he is believed to have flown straight to Paris. Differences between the two mothers about the makeup of the wedding party and its location are rumoured to be behind the split. Clijsters is said to have been suffering stress in helping with wedding arrangements in two countries as well as coping with the anxiety of a wrist injury which has ruined her tennis year. One Adelaide friend said "there has been a lot of trouble over who was going to be in the wedding party". Another friend said Hewitt was "doing pretty well in the circumstances" and was slowly coming to the realisation it is better the split happened now rather after they were married. "He doesn't know if there is anyone else involved but Lleyton certainly isn't seeing anyone else," he said. "He doesn't know if things got too much for her." Friends say the Hewitt family thinks a reconciliation unlikely because of the "cold" way Clijsters ended the relationship. "He (Lleyton) doesn't know if a reconciliation is possible but he doesn't hold out a lot of hope," a friend said. Lleyton's grandfather Max Hewitt, who was speaking from his home, at Glengowrie in SA, was shocked after hearing the news. "We've only just found out, it's a big surprise," he said. "We are trying to find out what happened, we have no idea what went wrong." Hewitt was due to fly from Darwin to Paris yesterday – a flight originally booked so he could meet up with Clijsters in her home town of Bree, 80km east Brussels. Instead, Hewitt will spend the next week in France preparing for the Paris Masters next month. Meanwhile, Clijsters has been visiting night clubs and shops near her home in the past two weeks. Yesterday, her father Leo appeared in the driveway of the gated family home saying only that his daughter had no intention of speaking to the press. Speaking outside the family home, he said: "Its private - between Lleyton and Kim," he said, "She has not spoken to anybody in Belgium about it." However, Mr Clijsters revealed he had spoken to Hewitt on Friday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after his daughter announced the split. Clijsters has been seen driving her yellow Porche 4WD around the area, sometimes dropping into the village for a waffle with her sister, Elke. Tennis insiders said yesterday Kim Clijsters decision to end her relationship with Lleyton Hewitt may have been coming for months. Many had thought it strange when Clijsters did not take her customary position alongside Hewitt's mum Cherilyn and dad Glynn at either Wimbledon or the US Open. Friends of Hewitt describe Clijsters as a lovely person but with a fondness for "control". "Now there's a cocktail for you ... when you throw in Cherilyn and Glynn. I think there were issues with them, although they always seemed to support her," one friend said. Hewitt's Davis Cup teammate Todd Woodbridge says he was shocked to hear of the split. "I'm staggered to hear that news," he said yesterday. "It was one out of left field for me. I hadn't foreseen anything like that happening. "It's a shock. If there's anything you'd say perhaps it would just be the distance that was between them at times. Although they managed to keep a really strong relationship together. "Kim was front row at the Davis Cup last year cheering like she was a full blown citizen here." The former lovers may not come face-to-face until the Australian Open in January but that will only occur if Clijsters recovers from her wrist injury. Tennis' glamour couple were to be married in Adelaide in February with another celebration later at a Belgian chateau. Two wedding ceremonies had been planned to satisfy the wishes of parents Glynn and Cherilyn Hewitt and Clijsters' parents Leo and Els. Hewitt proposed to Clijsters aboard a Sydney Harbour cruise last year, presenting her with an impressive diamond solitaire ring. The two former No. 1 tennis players have been together for almost five years. They met at the Australian Open in 2000 when Kim's sister Elke asked her to get Hewitt's autograph. 照片 Hewitt http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,390457,00.jpg

其他相關新聞 Broken hearted Lleyton http://tinyurl.com/3r5ql (節錄自Broken Hearted Lleyton) Hewitt was seen relaxing with friends in Darwin's Discovery nightclub early yesterday just hours after it was announced his engagement was over. Drinking mostly bottled water, he stayed at the nightclub until 3.30am and was seen laughing and chatting to friends and other patrons. When approached by The Sunday Mail, Hewitt was calm and polite but would not comment on the break-up. Friends yesterday said Hewitt was "doing pretty well in the circumstances" and was slowly coming to realise that it was better to split now than after they were married. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.142.9.216