Throughout the history of tennis, there are only a few people who can bear the title of "King of Ball", and "Australian Hare" Hewitt is even one of them. Compared with Sampras, Federer, and Nadal, Hewitt's achievements are not obvious, but he has also really influenced today's tennis world.
Hewitt's playing style and achievements represent the subversion of the previous era, and also lay the foundation for the new era to pay attention to the bottom line. He is the "bad boy" of tennis and the hero of Australia. He is considered by Federer to be the one who has improved the level of tennis, has won countless championships, and hewitt was the at-page card of the ATP after Agassi grew old and before Federer rose.
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Hewitt was the ruler of the ATP Transition Era, the man who divided the two eras, and the forgotten genius. He entered professional tennis at the age of 17 and won a Grand Slam title at the age of 20, becoming the youngest world number one. A career winner of 30 singles titles, including two Grand Slam titles, and two Davis Cups for Australia, he is the banner of Australian tennis.
Hewitt commented that he had subverted the way tennis was played, and that bottom-line players began to believe that they could perform well on any court. He is right that the former game of tennis has been reduced to a serve game, and good serve has become the most important factor in the game, and this mode has greatly reduced the ornamentation of tennis.
Hewitt was "only" 1.8 meters tall, and the serve was not enough to be his most important weapon. In fact, he is a player known for his bottom-line technique, rarely using serve-netting technology. His extremely fast movement speed and undead on-field style have earned him the reputation of "Australian Hare". Subversion speaks for results, and with excellent bottom-line technology, Hewitt has won many championships.
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Becoming the "king of the ball" at the age of 20 is something that many athletes dare not think of, but Hewitt has done it. At the age of 20, he did a lot of miracles. He first defeated Sampras in the final of the US Open to win his first Grand Slam title. He also won five singles titles that year, including the heaviest year-end finals. He also helped Australia win the World Team Cup.
After winning the 2001 ATP Year-End Finals, Hewitt, at 20 years and 9 months old, was determined to become the world number one and the youngest world number one in history. He has since held the men's singles world number one throne for 80 weeks.
In 2002, Hewitt won another Grand Slam when he scored three straight sets in the Wimbledon final and defeated Argentine player Nalbandian to win his second Grand Slam title. At the end of the year in the Shanghai year-end finals, Hewitt successfully defended the year-end finals in the competition with Moya, Costa, Safin, Federer, Ferrero, Novak, Agassi and Tojohnsen.
The powerful Hewitt won the honor for two consecutive years, winning the title in the final against Ferrer, who said Hewitt "influenced himself like an idol".
Hewitt showed his dominance for two consecutive years, but the transition was always a transition, and all kinds of factors superimposed, and he quickly fell from the peak. But Hewitt can still show his tenacity and persistence on this stage, and his spirit has influenced many players and won him a lot of respect.
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Hewitt connects two great eras ("The Sam-A Duo" and "The Federer Triumvirate"), and in this gap between the herds, Hewitt's presence is as brilliant and short as fireworks. At the age of 21, he won his second Grand Slam title and his last.
As an Australian, Hewitt is eager to win the Australian Open men's singles title and fulfill the long-cherished wish of his hometown father and elder. Unfortunately, after winning two Grand Slam titles, Hewitt fell off the altar, which had the impact of injuries and was the result of the superposition of other factors. After all, he is not the one who can wait in the Australian tennis world.
The love story between Hewitt and WTA world number one and four Grand Slam winner Christers was once called a tennis story. Half of their feet were in the halls of marriage, but in 2004 Christers announced their breakup. The news was so sudden that the reason for the breakup was unknown, but it was certain that Hewitt had been deeply hurt.
Hewitt's final peak was 2005, and he did his best in the Australian Open that year. In the round of 16, he defeated Nadal in five sets, and in the round of 8, he narrowly defeated Nalbandian in five sets, and eliminated "American Cannon" Roddick in two steals in the semifinals. In the final, facing Russia's "Tsar" Safin, Hewitt lost three consecutive sets in the first set and was reversed.
So close, so far, Hewitt's Australian Open match is really "hellish difficulty", Nick a number of good players, but also greatly depleted his physical strength. At the same time, the 24-year-old Hewitt has never reached a Grand Slam final. In that year's year-end finals, he also missed the opportunity to win the triple crown in the finals because he wanted to accompany his wife who was in labor to quit.
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Hewitt is not a "good boy" on the field, always likes to shout "Come on" to provoke opponents, but also to provoke injuries. Beginning in 2006, Hewitt was plagued by frequent injuries and did not even have a full season. Injuries go back and forth, and he can't keep improving to fight the next stronger era.
Hips, right wrists, shoulders, ankles, knees, Hewitt's injuries spread throughout his body, as if bound by fate. Injuries limited his proud ability to run, and his competitiveness was greatly diminished when the Australian Hare was no longer able to run at full strength.
Even if he is no longer a favorite to win the championship, Hewitt has always insisted. Hewitt's tennis life is a long run along the timeline, starting with the 1997 Australian Open and ending with the 2016 Australian Open, spanning 20 years, from Agassi and Sampras to Federer, Safin to Nadal and Djokovic, every era has Hewitt's place. In 2017, the "undead hare" finally stopped and returned to the family from the stadium, leaving behind a legend.