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In other matches, 2014
SPORTSFriday 22 January 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka
had a 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over
Hewitt 37-year-old qualifier Radek
Stepanek, joining No. 10
Continued from page 17 John Isner, No. 13 Milos Ra-
onic and No. 16 Bernard
“A lot of guys learnt or be- Lleyton Hewitt of Australia makes a forehand return to David Ferrer of Spain during their second Tomic in the next round.
lieved that they could do round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. Hewitt, who played his first
it playing that way. That 21, 2016. Australian Open in 1997,
was probably my biggest never achieved his ambi-
thing,” he said. “Obviously (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill) tion of winning the national
the other guys came in, championship. He was in-
and Roger and that took it tribute to Hewitt, who was attitude toward compe- sion to win. volved in some memora-
to a totally new level.” scheduled to play the next tition — I loved,” Murray “He was an idol for me — I ble matches at Melbourne
The so-called Big Four — match on Rod Laver Arena. said. “He fought, well, fights actually named one of my Park, though, including a
Federer, Rafael Nadal, “He was someone I loved extremely hard to this day. dogs after him because he run to the 2005 final, which
Novak Djokovic and Andy watching growing up. His He still has the same pas- was someone that I loved he lost to Marat Safin. In
Murray — have become 2008, he played Marcos
dominant, while Hewitt has Baghdatis in a third-round
struggled with hip and foot match that started before
injuries, and has increasing- midnight and finished at
ly reduced his workload to 4:34 a.m. There was still a
the point where the Grand big crowd in Rod Laver
Slam tournaments and the Arena when he won it.
majors were his only real fo- “I felt like this was the per-
cus. fect place to finish,” Hewitt
Murray, who has won two said Thursday, sharing the
majors, the Davis Cup and court with his three chil-
reached four finals at the dren. “A couple of the
Australian Open, said he roars during the match to-
learned a lot about tennis night was as loud as I’ve
by watching Hewitt ever played in front of. I
After his 6-0, 6-4, 6-1 sec- was getting goosebumps
ond-round win over Sam at times.”q
Groth on Thursday extend-
ed his unbeaten streak
against Australians to 17,
Murray took time to pay
