That’s what we have to do
That’s what we have to do.”Lleyton Hewitt needed no introduction here yesterday, and none was made as the controversial Australian prepared to play his third-round match against Spain’s Albert Portas on the Louis Armstrong stadium. The British umpire, Mike Morrissey, dispensed with the usual presentation of the players before the match started. It was Hewitt’s first appearance on court since Friday night, when he was alleged to have made a racist remark concerning Marion Johnson, an African-American linesman, during his match against James Blake, of Yonkers, an African-American.The Grand Slam supervisors investigated the incident and gave Hewitt the benefit of the doubt, accepting that what he said to the umpire, Andreas Egli – “I have only been foot-faulted at one end Look at him Look at him. You tell me what the similarity is” – was not conclusive evidence that the remarks had racial overtones.There was no adverse crowd reaction as Hewitt, the fourth seed, defeated Portas, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 He will play Tommy Haas, of Germany, in the fourth round..
The women’s singles championship at the United States Open had been uncomfortably quiet and predictable until yesterday, when Monica Seles became the first big name to fall. The women’s singles championship at the United States Open had been uncomfortably quiet and predictable until yesterday, when Monica Seles became the first big name to fall. The seventh seed was eliminated in the fourth round, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, by Daja Bedanova, of the Czech Republic, an 18-year-old capable of causing many an upset.
Bedanova, ranked No 37 in the world, only five places outside a seeding, had the good fortune on this occasion to catch Seles on a day when she made eight double faults and 51 unforced errors. “Having the day that I had today at a Grand Slam is frustrating,” Seles said. “Daja was playing really steady, and I was having a hard time finding my range.”Justine Henin, of Belgium, the runner-up to Venus Williams at Wimbledon, lost to the younger Williams sister, Serena, 7-5, 6-0. Henin was seeded sixth, Venus 10th not that it counts as an upset when either of the Williams’s beats anybody these days.
Venus, the champion here in 1999, will play Lindsay Davenport, the third seed, in the quarter-finals.Goran Ivanisevic, the Wimbledon men’s singles champion, lost to Albert Costa, of Spain, for the fourth time in a row. Costa, No 40 in the tournament entry system, capitalised on Ivanisevic’s errors to win their third round match, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6. Lleyton Hewitt needed no introduction in the men’s singles, and none was made as the Australian prepared to play his third-round match against Albert Portas, of Spain, on the Louis Armstrong stadium court. The umpire, Mike Morrissey, of Britain, dispensed with the customary presentation of the players before the match started.It was Hewitt’s first appearance on court since Friday, when he was alleged to have made a racist remark concerning Marion Johnson, an African-American linesman, during his match against James Blake, of Yonkers, an African-American.The Grand Slam Supervisors investigated the incident and gave Hewitt the benefit of the doubt, accepting that what he said to to the umpire, Andreas Egli “I have only been foot-faulted at one end Look at him [Johnson] Look at him [Blake].
You tell me what the similarity is” was not conclusive evidence that the remarks had racial overtones.There was no adverse crowd reaction as Hewitt, the fourth seed, defeated Portas, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. He will play Tommy Haas, of Germany, in the fourth round.Juan Carlos Ferrero, the fifth seed, was defeated by Tommy Robredo, a 19-year-old Spanish compatriot, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6. Robredo, No 39 in the entry system, will play Andy Roddick, the young American crowd-pleaser, in the fourth round. Roddick, seeded No 18, overwhelmed Alex Corretja, the 11th seed, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.The British challenge is over.
