Hewitt Beats Federer To Win In Brisbane

Written by: on 5th January 2014
Brisbane International Tennis Tournament
Hewitt Beats Federer To Win In Brisbane

epa04008727 Australian Lleyton Hewitt celebrates after winning the Men's final match against Swiss player Roger Federer at the Brisbane International tennis tournament at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Brisbane, Australia, 05 January 2014. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY  |

****** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ******

 

* Hewitt shocks Federer in Brisbane

* Nestor extends titles streak

* Wawrinka still gives the Swiss a winner

 

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Brisbane

 

Singles – Final: L Hewitt def. (1) R Federer 6-1 4-6 6-3

This looked much too much like the Roger Federer of 2013 — the one who couldn’t find any answers. He said, “I didn’t play great today, which is a bit unfortunate — but also Lleyton was the best player I played this week. He made it toughest on me. So I have a clear idea what I need to work on, and I have a clear idea where my mind and body is at…. I’m very hungry and eager to attack the Australian Open next week.”

He had better be, because this leaves him only 175 points ahead of Tomas Berdych in the contest for #6, and he’s 900 points behind #5 Juan Martin del Potro. Federer is in real danger of slipping even lower in the rankings.

Lleyton Hewitt has been struggling even longer than Federer — this is career title #29, but he said himself that it has been a “couple years” since his last. In fact, it has been three and a half; his last victory was at Halle 2010. Over none other than Federer! And it’s Hewitt’s first win away from grass since Houston 2009. He naturally will make a big rankings move — we show him rising from #60 to #43.

Doubles – Final: (2) Fyrstenberg/Nestor def. (4) Cabal/Farah 6-7(4-7) 6-4 10-7

Everyone was expecting a major item for the record books today. And got one, but it wasn’t the one they expected. Roger Federer did not take sole possession of the #3 spot on the all-time ATP titles list. But Daniel Nestor won a title for the twenty-first year in a row! His first came back at Bogota 1994 with Mark Knowles, and he has won at least one in every year since then (his last, and his only title of 2013, being Winston-Salem 2013 with Paes). That’s 82 titles in all; he has now won with eight different partners: Fyrstenberg, Knowles, Lareau, Mirnyi, Paes, Stolle, Ullyett, Zimonjic. His ranking is still in the pits — this is going to take him only to around #20 — but it’s obviously a better start to the year than last year!

It’s rather historic for Mariusz Fyrstenberg, too. He’ll never threaten Nestor’s title total; this is only #15 for him. But it is the first time he has taken a title with anyone other than Marcin Matkowski. It must be nice to know he can do it with others.

 

Chennai

 

Singles – Final: (1) S Wawrinka def. (7) E Roger-Vasselin 7-5 6-2

There isn’t much to say about this. Edouard Roger-Vasselin had only one break chance against Stanislas Wawrinka, and he didn’t take it, and although the match was fairly close in general, Roger-Vasselin simply couldn’t do any damage. He still has a lot to celebrate — just reaching the final appears to have put him in the Top Forty.

Unlike Roger-Vasselin, Wawrinka won’t be moving in the rankings. But after struggling to win titles early in his career, he’s now getting to be fairly productive. This is career title #5, although all are bottom-tier events. He has won titles in four of the last five years (he missed in 2012), and he now, for the first time, has won a title twice; he also won Chennai in 2011.

Doubles – Final: (4) Brunstrom/Nielsen def. Draganja/Pavic 6-2 4-6 10-7

It was surprisingly quick for such a close match — just an hour and sixteen minutes. Maybe 22-year-old Marin Draganja was too excited about being in a final — he came here with a career doubles record of just 2-8, so this is better than his entire career to this point. 20-year-old Mate Pavic had ten doubles wins, so it isn’t quite as new for him, but he was probably nervous too — he had lost both his two previous finals.

It’s surely a relief for Frederick Nielsen: Finally, a title to show that his Wimbledon 2012 victory wasn’t a complete fluke. Just a very big one…. For Johan Brunstrom, it’s title #4 — and three of them in the last twelve months. They’re all small (Gstaad 2010 with Nieminen, Nice 2013 and Metz 2013 with Klaasen, and now this), but still, three titles on three different surfaces in the course of a year is pretty promising.

 

Australian Open

 

The pullouts are starting.

Just hours after Jeremy Chardy seemed to be eliminated from Melbourne seed contention, he went right back in — because Jurgen Melzer, who has suffered from shoulder problems for three months now, pulled out. That should allow #33 Chardy to earn the #32 seed. Ivan Dodig is now the #1 alternate

 

****** TODAY’S FEATURE ******

 

KEYWORDS: No Feature Today

 

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Sydney (250/Hard). Defending Champion: Bernard Tomic

Auckland (250/Hard). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Australian Open (Slam/Hard). Defending Champion: Novak Djokovic

 

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of January 4, 2014

 

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Nadal………….13130

2..(2) Djokovic……….12260

3..(3) Ferrer………….5800

4..(4) Murray………….5560

5..(5) Del Potro……….5255

6..(6) Federer…………4355

7..(7) Berdych…………4180

8..(8) Wawrinka………..3890

9..(9) Gasquet…………3140

10.(10) Tsonga………….3065

11.(11) Raonic………….2860

12.(12) Haas……………2435

13.(13) Almagro…………2290

14.(14) Isner…………..2150

15.(15) Youzhny…………2145

16.(16) Fognini…………1930

17.(17) Nishikori……….1915

18.(18) Robredo…………1810

19.(19) Simon…………..1790

20.(20) Anderson………..1685

21.(21) Janowicz………..1615

22.(22) Kohlschreiber……1525

23.(23) Dimitrov………..1460

24.(24) Gulbis………….1418

25.(25) Seppi…………..1360

26.(31) Monfils…………1335

27.(28) Lopez…………..1310

28.(26) Paire…………..1300

29.(27) Melzer………….1290

30.(32) Pospisil………..1289

 

**DRAWS

 

Brisbane

WINNER: Lleyton Hewitt

…………..QF…………..SF……….F

1 Federer…..(1)Federer……Federer…..Federer

7 Tursunov….Matosevic

[4 Anderson]..Groth(WC)

8 Chardy……(8)Chardy…….Chardy

 

6 Lopez…….Hewitt……….Hewitt……Hewitt

3 Simon…….Copil(Q)

5 Dimitrov….Cilic

2 Nishikori…(2)Nishikori….Nishikori

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Federer…..lost F (Hewitt)

2 Nishikori…lost SF (Hewitt)

3 Simon…….lost 2R (Copil)

4 Anderson….WITHDREW (replaced by Herbert)

5 Dimitrov….lost 2R (Cilic)

6 Lopez…….lost 2R (Hewitt)

7 Tursunov….lost 1R (Querrey)

8 Chardy……lost SF (Federer)

Chennai

WINNER: Stanislas Wawrinka

……………….QF………………SF……………F

1 Wawrinka………(1)Wawrinka………Wawrinka………Wawrinka

8 Bautista Agut….Kudryavtsev(Q)

3 Fognini……….Bhambri(WC)

5 Pospisil………(5)Pospisil………Pospisil

 

6 Granollers…….(6)Granollers…….Granollers

4 Paire…………(4)Paire

7 Roger-Vasselin…(7)Roger-Vasselin…Roger-Vasselin..Roger-Vasselin

2 Youzhny……….Sela

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Wawrinka………WON TOURNAMENT

2 Youzhny……….lost 2R (Sela)

3 Fognini……….lost 2R (Bhambri)

4 Paire…………lost SF (Granollers)

5 Pospisil………lost SF (Wawrinka)

6 Granollers…….lost SF (Roger-Vasselin)

7 Roger-Vasselin…lost F (Wawrinka)

8 Bautista Agut….lost 1R (Kudryavtsev)

Doha

WINNER: Rafael Nadal

……………..QF…………SF……….F

1 Nadal……….(1)Nadal……Nadal…….Nadal

7 Gulbis………(7)Gulbis

4 Berdych……..Brown(Q)

6 Kohlschreiber..Gojowczyk(Q)..Gojowczyk

 

8 Verdasco…….Hanescu

3 Murray………F.Mayer…….Mayer

5 Gasquet……..Monfils…….Monfils…..Monfils

2 Ferrer………Brands

 

STATUS OF SEEDS

1 Nadal……….WON TOURNAMENT

2 Ferrer………lost 2R (Brands)

3 Murray………lost 2R (Mayer)

4 Berdych……..lost 1R (Karlovic)

5 Gasquet……..lost 2R (Monfils)

6 Kohlschreiber..lost 2R (Gojowczyk)

7 Gulbis………lost SF (Nadal)

8 Verdasco…….lost 2R (Hanescu)

Sydney

 

1 del Potro

–bye

Mahut

Qualifier

Stepanek

Groth (WC)

Querrey

5 Pospisil

 

4 Tursunov

–bye

Sousa

Rosol

Istomin

Andujar

Qualifier

7 Cilic

 

6 Benneteau

Ebden (WC)

Berlocq

Qualifier

F Mayer

Matosevic (WC)

–bye

3 Mayer

 

8 Granollers

Tomic

Qualifier

Nieminen

Roger-Vasselin

Dolgopolov

–bye

2 Janowicz

Auckland

 

1 Ferrer

–bye

Delbonis

Qualifier

Giraldo

Montanes

Garcia-Lopez

8 Haase

 

4 Anderson

–bye

Baghdatis (WC)

Brands

Lu

Sijsling

Qualifier

7 Monfils

 

5 Kohlschreiber

Carreno Busta

Volandri

Zeballos

Qualifier

Statham (WC)

–bye

3 Isner

 

6 Paire

Przysiezny

Bautista Agut

Qualifier

Sock (WC)

Mannarino

–bye

2 Haas

 

******** SCORES ********

 

SUNDAY

Brisbane

Singles – Final

L Hewitt def. (1) R Federer 6-1 4-6 6-3

Doubles – Final

(2) Fyrstenberg/Nestor def. (4) Cabal/Farah 6-7(4-7) 6-4 10-7

Chennai

Singles – Final

(1) S Wawrinka def. (7) E Roger-Vasselin 7-5 6-2

Doubles – Final

(4) Brunstrom/Nielsen def. Draganja/Pavic 6-2 4-6 10-7

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