Hewitt Ends Goran's Wimbledon Run
June 25, 2004
Lleyton Hewitt advanced to a fourth-round meeting with nemesis Carlos Moya
after sending Goran Ivanisevic into retirement with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win at
Wimbledon on Friday. Hewitt, who won Wimbledon in 2002 one year after
Ivanisevic’s fairy tale victory, won an impressive 93 percent of points
on his first serve. He dropped just three points on his first serve and 11
points on his second serve during the match.
Hewitt said: “It's a weird feeling, I guess, walking out onto Centre Court
knowing that if you win against one of probably the most likable guys out
there on the tour… Obviously, he's got the crowd support and that. It sort
of puts an end to his career. You know how much Wimbledon means to him, as
well. It's an awkward situation, but I think I blocked it out as well as I
could going out there today and just figuring that I've got an opportunity
to get myself into the second week here at Wimbledon. That was my mindset
right from the word go.”
Hewitt has narrowed his head-to-head record against his next opponent Moya
to a 4-5 deficit by winning his last two matches against the Spaniard. Moya,
who had never been beyond the second round at Wimbledon before this week,
enjoyed a comfortable 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 win over Russian Dmitry Tursunov.
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Goran Says Goodbye
Friday, June 25, 2004
Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon champion, sent Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001
champion, into retirement by defeating him 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 today. The match
lasted 1 hour 26 minutes, but the time held as little relevance as the score.
It was Goran's golden moment, the day he trod the turf of his beloved Centre
Court for the last time, in the event that he had been waiting to play once
more ever since he lifted the title as a Wild Card three years ago. That
return to London had been frustrated by injury for two years, but here at
last was the occasion.
After two victories, Ivanisevic was up against a real contender for this
year's championship. He had completed his 600th victory as a professional
in the previous round. So all was set for the perfect farewell, and the sun
obligingly turned up, too. Somebody up there really does like Goran.
Hewitt, all action and gestures and bellows, won with ease, but Goran and his
ailing, aching shoulder did their best to make a match of it. Hewitt was
superior in all departments except the obvious one: Goran hit 15 aces to the
Australian's 12.
In the middle of the second set, Centre Court resounded to the distinctly
un-Wimbledon sound of a football-style chant of "Goran, Goran". The crowd
willed one of their most popular heroes to hold serve, play on, give them
more of himself.
He tried his best, but a break of serve to put him 4-5 down in the third set
left Hewitt to serve for it. He stepped up to the line at 5.17pm and it was
all over by 5.19. Goran failed to win a point in that last game, but he had
won the hearts of the audience.
After a gracious exchange at the net Hewitt sensibly retired to his chair and
quietly packed his bag, while Ivanisevic acknowledged the standing ovation,
donned a Croatian football shirt (to a mixed reception) and then raised that
famous left arm in a final farewell. He will be missed.
Written by Ronald Atkin
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伊萬告別賽獲2分鐘鼓掌 輸給休伊特仍感很榮幸
http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年06月26日02:40 新浪體育
新浪體育訊 北京時間6月25日，在今天的溫網第三輪的一場比賽中，有“發球機器”
之稱的伊萬尼塞維奇以0-3(2-6，3-6，4-6)負於本屆溫網的男單七號種子休伊特，結束了
自己在本屆文網上的最後一場比賽。伊萬尼塞維奇在賽後正式宣布退役。“發球機器”今
天發出了15記ACE球，但卻有9次雙發失誤。休伊特將在下一輪比賽中面對的將是來自西班
牙的著名選手莫亞。
“我能夠來到這兒並闖過兩關，我已經很滿意自己的表現了。”伊萬尼塞維奇在賽後
接受採訪時說，“今天我雖然輸了，但我輸給的是一個天才少年，一個將會成為偉大球員
的少年，我很榮幸。對我而言，一切都很完美，天氣，場地，觀眾，我享受這裡所有的一
切。”
年輕的休伊特也對這位老將充滿敬意，“我在賽前就對伊萬說我很榮幸和他在中心球
場交手。他是2001年的溫網冠軍。在我心裡，他是一名非常偉大的球員！”
盡管在今天的比賽中，這位老將已經明顯威力不再，但他頑強的拼搏精神卻給球迷留
下了許多美好的回憶。在比賽結束後，中央球場的所有觀眾集體起立對這位32歲的老將表
示敬意。面對13000名觀眾的熱情，伊萬尼塞維奇感動得佇立在場中長達兩分鐘。當他離
開球場時，觀眾們還是對這名不懈打拼的老將報以熱烈的掌聲。
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溫網公開賽伊萬享受告別時：對我而言來這就是勝利
http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年06月26日08:52 體育周報
“對我而言，來這兒就是一場勝利。”伊萬尼塞維奇的臨別贈言是，“打了兩場比賽
，最後輸給了一名曾經奪得溫網公開賽冠軍的偉大選手。一切的一切都很完美，天氣，人
群，場地，我很享受這個時刻。”北京時間今日凌晨，這個伊萬終於退役了。在與前溫網
公開賽冠軍休伊特的較量中，他沒有任何機會，以2比6、3比6、4比6連輸3盤，溫網之旅
的職業生涯同時結束。
“我很高興，也很悲傷。”他對依然熱愛他的球迷們說，“我悲傷，是因為我不得不
離開了；但我也很高興，這一次沒有訓練，沒有太多的問題需要回答。”回顧自己的溫布
爾登征戰史，他認為是“偉大的15年”。盡管失利，伊萬尼塞維奇還是向人們展示了他那
只左手的神奇發球功夫，全場ACE就發出15記，但也有9次雙誤。休伊特畢竟年輕許多，欺
負伊萬的速度慢，15次打出穿越球；全場共有17個破發球，伊萬則一次也沒有。當澳洲小
子以一個正手網前球結束比賽後，一老一少隔著球網談了很久。“我記得他好像說了‘今
天是你謀殺了我’之類的話，我回答說‘你是一個偉大的冠軍’，說實話，能夠在中央球
場與他比賽是我的極大榮譽。”
性情有些乖張的休伊特謙虛了許多。觀看伊萬告別儀式的現場觀眾有1．3萬人，進場
後的頭兩分鐘裡，伊萬一直在接受他們的喝彩。比賽結束後，伊萬特意穿上了克羅地亞足
球隊的10號隊服，高舉雙手向全場致意，此後，直到他離開，全場的球迷還在高喊：“我
愛你，戈蘭！”“我為自己而自豪，為我職業生涯所做的一切而自豪。”伊萬說，“我跟
所有的偉大選手都較量過───麥肯羅和康納斯，桑普拉斯和阿加西，所以我的失敗也是
偉大的───我今天輸給了一位溫網冠軍，如果他每天都打得這樣，那麼他隨時都可以奪
得冠軍。”這是對休伊特的恭維，但伊萬自己挑戰過兩代草場高手卻是真的，直到今天才
退出，也是網壇的奇跡了。
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