\nAustralianul Lleyton Hewitt, \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 34 de ani, a jucat ast\u0103zi ultimul s\u0103u meci de tenis de simplu \u00een cadrul turneului de Grand Slam de la Australian Open. Fost num\u0103r unu mondial \u015fi c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103tor a dou\u0103 turnee de Grand Slam (US Open \u00een 2001, Wimbledon \u00een 2002), Hewitt are \u00een palmares 30 de titluri \u00een proba de simplu \u015fi a f\u0103cut parte din echipa Australiei care a c\u00e2\u015ftigat de dou\u0103 ori Cupa Davis, \u00een 1999 \u015fi 2003.<\/p>\n
El l-a \u00eenfruntat ast\u0103zi pe spaniolul David Ferrer, favorit num\u0103rul 7, \u00een turul doi al competi\u0163iei de la Melbourne. Dup\u0103 \u00eencheierea meciului, c\u00e2\u015ftigat de Ferrer \u00een trei seturi, spaniolul a declarat c\u0103 este o zi trist\u0103: “E trist\u0103 pentru c\u0103 Lleyton \u00ee\u015fi \u00eencheie cariera. Este un juc\u0103tor incredibil \u015fi a fost o pl\u0103cere s\u0103 joc al\u0103turi de el \u00een aceast\u0103 sear\u0103. Este un lupt\u0103tor \u015fi nu renun\u0163\u0103 niciodat\u0103; merit\u0103 toate laudele, pentru c\u0103 este unul dintre cei mai buni juc\u0103tori din istorie. Eu nu am avut niciodat\u0103 idoli, dar Lleyton a fost excep\u0163ia. Am un tricou semnat de el \u00een urm\u0103 cu 7 ani, \u015fi este singurul tricou al unui juc\u0103tor de tenis pe care l-am luat”.<\/p>\n
\u015ei alte staruri ale sportului alb \u015fi-au ar\u0103tat aprecierea fa\u0163\u0103 de cariera australianului. Roger Federer, c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103tor a 17 turnee de Grand Slam, a spus c\u0103 \u00eei mul\u0163ume\u015fte pentru tot ceea ce a f\u0103cut: “M-am bucurat de fiecare moment. Mi-a pl\u0103cut \u015fi s\u0103 te ascult coment\u00e2nd meciurile altora, \u015fi \u00ee\u015fi doresc numai bine al\u0103turi de familia ta.” Rafael Nadal, un alt juc\u0103tor de top, i-a transmis lui Hewitt c\u0103 a fost o inspira\u0163ie pentru tenisul s\u0103u, \u00een vreme ce Andy Murray, num\u0103rul doi mondial, i-a mul\u0163umit pentru ajutorul oferit la \u00eenceputul carierei.<\/p>\n
Nick Kyrgios, noua vedet\u0103 din tenisul australian, l-a rugat pe Hewitt s\u0103 se mai g\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 asupra deciziei de a se retrage: “\u00ce\u0163i repet ceea ce \u0163i-am mai spus de at\u00e2tea ori: nu te retrage! Joci la un nivel at\u00e2t de \u00eenalt \u015fi e\u015fti \u00een continuare cel mai bun juc\u0103tor al nostru!”<\/p>\n
Hewitt \u015fi-a \u00eenceput cariera la doar 15 ani, reu\u015find s\u0103 se califice pe tabloul principal de la Melbourne \u00een ianuarie 1997. El r\u0103m\u00e2ne \u015fi ast\u0103zi cel mai t\u00e2n\u0103r juc\u0103tor din istoria turneului.<\/p>\n
Ulterior, a devenit cel mai t\u00e2n\u0103r num\u0103r unu mondial din istoria sportului alb, la 20 de ani \u015fi 9 luni, dobor\u00e2nd un record vechi de 69 de ani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australianul Lleyton Hewitt, \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 34 de ani, a jucat ast\u0103zi ultimul s\u0103u meci de tenis de simplu \u00een cadrul turneului de Grand Slam de la Australian Open. Fost num\u0103r unu mondial \u015fi c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103tor a dou\u0103 turnee de Grand Slam (US Open \u00een 2001, Wimbledon \u00een 2002), Hewitt are \u00een palmares 30 de titluri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[16894,36150,6553,284,11452,301,34402,40476,36758,20072,35081,274,334,35179,242,17906,292,15658,42369,34666,80,10222,7999,7960,17597,15376],"class_list":["post-130763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-australia","tag-australian-open","tag-cariera","tag-castigare","tag-castigator","tag-competitie","tag-cupa","tag-cupa-davis","tag-david-ferrer","tag-favorit","tag-grand-slam","tag-incepere","tag-incheiere","tag-infruntare","tag-istorie","tag-meci","tag-mondial","tag-multumire","tag-palmares","tag-proba","tag-refuz","tag-retragere","tag-sport","tag-tanar","tag-tenis","tag-turneu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}