This week, Hewitt, Australia's first-generation hare, who has been retired for many years, came into the spotlight of tennis circles.
There are two main reasons, one is that he has become a candidate for this year's Tennis Hall of Fame, and the other is that when Medvedev is expected to surpass Nadal and rise to the second place in the world, fans are happy to hear it: the last non-Big Four in the world is Hewitt himself.
Throughout his Career, he has won 30 ATP singles titles and 3 ATP doubles titles, including many heavyweight titles.
Becoming the youngest world number one (no one has broken this record to this day), and also won the year-end number one, it is reasonable to say that there should be no regrets, but there is one thing that makes fans still sigh to this day.
A century of Australian Open, the local dream is difficult to realize.
In 2005, the Australian Open, the historic opening drama of tennis, ushered in its 100th birthday. As the most powerful tennis star in the country, Hewitt is naturally expected to have thousands of expectations.
And looking at the three mountains that he must cross if he wants to win the championship, he is not idle:
Federer traveled as the defending champion. In the past year, he won three grand slams and officially entered the altar. Safine, who was also a hot star at the time, lost in last year's final match with Federer. The comeback Russians have long held their breath, eager to prove themselves. And the American cannon Roddick was still the first year-end year-end, but now he can't even rank in the top three, and naturally he wants to prove his strength in a Grand Slam.
These four people were also known as the four little kings at the time, and it was no accident that the four final four of the Australian Open were occupied by these four people. The semi-finals were against Federer against Safin, while Hewitt took on Roddick.
In the cattle and horse war, Federer missed the match point and was reversed by Safin, allowing the latter to avenge the previous year's final defeat. Hewitt beat Roddick cleanly and gave himself hope of winning the title on his own.
The centenary Australian Open, homegrown combat, god-given opportunities, the hardest bones Federer did not reach the final, which for Hewitt, it seems that the time and place are available, just waiting for his new king to be crowned.
But the weather is unpredictable, who knows, the birthday of the day Safine is full of spirit, with the semi-final victory over Federer's courage, unstoppable, and finally smashed the Australian's home feast.
Hewitt has not reached that level since then, and he announced his retirement after the second round of the 2016 Australian Open, ending a career spanning more than a decade.
Do you feel the same regret about this incident that year? (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)