Crowy racket for Hewitt
Crowy racket for Hewitt
By Leo Schlink
December 31, 2003
LLEYTON Hewitt will not only parade trademark patriotism this week at the
Hopman Cup, but also a personalised racquet combining his abiding sporting
passions.
Hewitt will this week unveil his newest weapon, a stylised Yonex racquet
bearing the Adelaide Crows' colours.
As well as carrying the red, yellow and blue of the 1997-98 AFL premier, the
MP Tour-1 frame will also feature the guernsey No. 23 of Hewitt's closest
football friend, Andrew McLeod.
Hewitt, ranked 17th in the world after a season fragmented by a light schedule
and injury, will head to Perth on Friday with Belgian fiancee Kim Clijsters.
Australia, also featuring Alicia Molik, will open its cup campaign on Sunday
against either Hungary or Canada, who will play off for the eighth and final
spot on Saturday.
Hewitt will play either Hungarian Attila Savolt or Canadian Frank Dancevic in
his Australian circuit pipe-opener.
The degree of difficulty would then steadily rise for the former world No. 1
with matches against Clijsters' teammate Xavier Malisse and Slovakian Karol
Kucera.
If second-seeded Australia wins Group B, it could face the United States,
Russia, France or the Czech Republic in the final.
Hewitt would face players the calibre of James Blake, Marat Safin, Fabrice
Santoro and Jiri Novak in the final if Australia advanced.
Hewitt has been training solidly in Adelaide with his coach Roger Rasheed
since helping Australia to a 3-1 Davis Cup victory over Spain last month.
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