"Hewitt's playing the kitchen sink game now"

And my quote of the day today comes from Sam Smith, giving commentary on the closing few games of Hewitt's match against el matador, Rafael Nadal. Poor Lleyton really had his cojones kicked by Rafa in Beijing, being taken out 6-1, 6-2 in the second round. Ouch. Tomorrow, Rafa will face the unseeded Igor Andreev of Russia, whom he has played four times previously, winning 3 times.

Sadly, the rest of Sam's commentary wasn't so amusing. I nearly had a fit as she talked of her concern about moj ljubav Novak Djokovic, and how she thought he hadn't fully recovered from his defeat in the final of Queen's in June. I'm still angry about that, actually. Especially after so spectacularly taking the first set...ARGH. Anyway, despite Sam's conjecture, Novak made it fairly comfortably though what could have been a tricky second round match against the unpredictable Rainer Schuettler, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. Međutim, Novak's match tomorrow will be a tough one. He faces Mikhail Youzhny, the Russian 13th seed. Despite the gap in rankings, Novak hasn't done too well in previous matches against Youzhny. He has only won one of three previous matches, and the two that he lost were both on hard court. Just like at Beijing. Sranje. This, however, will be their first meeting this year, and I hope that Novak's first major at the Australian on hard court earlier this year will tide him through. If you hear someone swearing angrily in Serbian at a TV screen tomorrow, that'll be me.