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Article: Tennis: History beckons Hewitt; Aussie's double proves doubters wrong.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2002
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Byline: PHIL CASEY
IT USED to be a question of how Lleyton Hewitt could win a Grand Slam. Now it is a question of how many.
Hewitt's comprehensive victory over Argentina's David Nalbandian on Sunday gave the Australian his second Grand Slam title at the tender age of 21.
Yet just days before his US Open triumph last year, significant doubts remained about his ability to claim the biggest prizes in tennis.
Even his own father Glynn questioned whether he was physically capable of sustaining his own brand of high-intensity tennis for seven matches during the two weeks of a Grand Slam.
Without any big weapons to win cheap points, ...