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Monday, January 12, 2015 5:07:34 PM
Ouch, sorry you missed it as it was one of the best i've seen .. Sam saved of game from 0-40 ..
yep, i was thinking the same thoughts as you re Sam's form .. it was an ace win in more ways than the end ..
I just heard from tv about this 'new tennis' ..
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Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt in Fast4 exhibition tennis match
Updated about 10 hours ago Mon 12 Jan 2015, 9:59pm
Photo: Too fast ... Roger Federer edged Lleyton Hewitt in five shortened
sets in the Fast4 exhibition clash in Sydney. (Getty Images: Matt King)
Map: Sydney 2000 - http://maps.google.com/?q=-33.8631,151.2043(Sydney%202000)&z=5
It may have been a new format but it was the same old rivalry as Roger Federer fought his way to a tough win over Lleyton Hewitt in the Fast4 tennis exhibition on Monday night.
The Swiss world number two continued his unbeaten run this summer with a 4-3, 2-3, 3-4, 4-0, 4-3 win over the Australian in the short-form contest in Sydney.
Coming off a four-match winning run in Brisbane, where he took the title in three sets over Milos Raonic on Sunday night, Federer showed no ill-effects from a morning flight and marketing commitments earlier in the day.
The match featured an experimental style of play with sets being won after four games, no deuces and play being allowed to continue after lets on serve.
Federer, who holds an 18-9 match record over Hewitt in regular match formats, was pushed all the way by his evergreen sparring partner, the contest going its full allotment of five shortened sets.
Both players looked in good touch, Hewitt offering plenty of "too goods" to Federer in the first set and a half before the world number 86 found some rhythm to get back into the contest.
Hewitt, who lost in the opening match of the Brisbane International against compatriot Sam Groth in his only other hitout of the year thus far, will now head to his hometown of Adelaide to play an exhibition match against Czech Tomas Berdych to round out his formal preparations for the Australian Open.
Federer is expected to head straight to Melbourne for the year's opening major.
AAP
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-12/federer-beats-hewitt-in-fast4/6013420
yep, i was thinking the same thoughts as you re Sam's form .. it was an ace win in more ways than the end ..
I just heard from tv about this 'new tennis' ..
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Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt in Fast4 exhibition tennis match
Updated about 10 hours ago Mon 12 Jan 2015, 9:59pm
Photo: Too fast ... Roger Federer edged Lleyton Hewitt in five shortened
sets in the Fast4 exhibition clash in Sydney. (Getty Images: Matt King)
Map: Sydney 2000 - http://maps.google.com/?q=-33.8631,151.2043(Sydney%202000)&z=5
It may have been a new format but it was the same old rivalry as Roger Federer fought his way to a tough win over Lleyton Hewitt in the Fast4 tennis exhibition on Monday night.
The Swiss world number two continued his unbeaten run this summer with a 4-3, 2-3, 3-4, 4-0, 4-3 win over the Australian in the short-form contest in Sydney.
Coming off a four-match winning run in Brisbane, where he took the title in three sets over Milos Raonic on Sunday night, Federer showed no ill-effects from a morning flight and marketing commitments earlier in the day.
The match featured an experimental style of play with sets being won after four games, no deuces and play being allowed to continue after lets on serve.
Federer, who holds an 18-9 match record over Hewitt in regular match formats, was pushed all the way by his evergreen sparring partner, the contest going its full allotment of five shortened sets.
Both players looked in good touch, Hewitt offering plenty of "too goods" to Federer in the first set and a half before the world number 86 found some rhythm to get back into the contest.
Hewitt, who lost in the opening match of the Brisbane International against compatriot Sam Groth in his only other hitout of the year thus far, will now head to his hometown of Adelaide to play an exhibition match against Czech Tomas Berdych to round out his formal preparations for the Australian Open.
Federer is expected to head straight to Melbourne for the year's opening major.
AAP
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-12/federer-beats-hewitt-in-fast4/6013420
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