Lleyton Hewitt News

The countdown to London begins. As part of the lead up to start of the Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on November 22, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY .

Lleyton Hewitt came from behind to beat seventime Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in the semifinal and then Tim Henman in straight set tiebreaks to win the $800,000 Stella Artois grass court title for the second year in a row today.

As part of the lead up to start of the Barclaya TMs ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on November 22, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY .

Australian tennis great John Newcombe says Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic must meet face-to-face to end their reported feud.

Top 10 duo Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco have returned to the Spain side for next month's Davis Cup final against Czech Republic, captain Albert Costa said on Monday.

The formidable Gil Reyes is responsible for keeping Andre Agassi's engine purring at the age of 32.

Safin provided entertainment whether he was winning or losing. Marat Safin, widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation, brought down the curtain on a chequered career when he bowed out to US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the Paris Masters.

Marat Safin receives the 'Bercy Key' trophy to mark his final match in Paris today.

THE wounds from Lleyton Hewitt's scalding public criticism of Tennis Australia during the recent election campaign are yet to heal, but national director of tennis Craig Tiley says he remains confident that the strained relationship between the national federation and its best player will eventually be repaired.

Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters .

Gael Monfils of France serves to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 at Qi Zhong Tennis Centre on October 14, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Seeded players Jeremy Chardy, Igor Andreev and Horacio Zeballos advanced to the second round of the St.

British no. 1 Tim Henman went into his second round match against Lleyton Hewitt in Miami with a terrible record against the Australian.A Hewitt had won all 8 of the duo's previous meetings and he would have been favorite to make it 9 out of 9. Hewitt took the tennis world by storm back in 2001 when he won the US Open, beating the legendary ...

Despite opposition from detractors, Tennis Australia chief Geoff Pollard was re-elected for another one-year term.

Scot Andy Murray will partner English starlet Laura Robson. Map: Perth 6000 World number four Andy Murray will be the major drawcard at next year's Hopman Cup in Perth.

Parting shot Paul McNamee criticised Geoff Pollard after failing in his bid for the TA presidency.

Content Foxsports TV Site Map Network Sites: news.com.au FOX SPORTS Tennis Lleyton Hewitt back in world top 20, Dinara Safina regains No.1 ranking Lleyton Hewitt has broken back into the world's top 20 for the first time in almost 18 months after this week's ATP rankings were released on Monday.

THE ongoing power struggle at Tennis Australia took a further twist yesterday, with Lleyton Hewitt releasing an open letter in support of incumbent Paul McNamee ahead of tomorrow's poll.

ACTRESS Mischa Barton has another enemy besides drugs, alcohol and an ailing TV career - an Australian handbag maker.

They may have missed the Argentinean they really wanted, but former world No 3 David Nalbandian is not a bad consolation prize for Auckland's Heineken Open tennis tournament.