Wimbledon time is here again and on Monday night we got to see Lleyton Hewitt farewell the famous tournament as only he could.
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A man who has made a career of playing marathon, almost agonising, matches produced another one and went down to fellow veteran Jarkko Nieminen in a four-hour, five-set classic.
The attitude of the tennis world, especially here in the Australian fraternity, has changed incredibly towards Hewitt from when he was loud-mouthed and brash teenager who was more well-known for comments he made on the court rather than any of his matches. But he matured and so did his game and now he's one that many of us respect, love watching and will greatly miss when he finally does decide to hang up the racquet.
I'm sure it's pretty clear where this is going with Australia currently possessing another brash and somewhat arrogant rising star in Nick Kyrgios.
The Canberra talent was hugely impressive early on in his first round match on Monday night as he cruised past Diego Schwartzman 6-0 in the opening set before also easing through the second 6-2.
It was enjoyable watching but a contentious line call in the third set led Kyrgios to complain at great length to the umpire before threatening to go on strike and sit in his chair like a spoilt child.
As talented as he is, the fiery Aussie is getting more and more increasingly difficult to cheer for with nearly every match marred by some kind of heated argument or big-headed comment in the press conference afterwards.
It's well and good to hear an athlete talk themselves up and a bit of self-confidence is a necessity to succeed in an individual sport like tennis.
But if Kyrgios isn't careful he's going to find himself with very few people cheering him on and have public attitude turning in almost the opposite direction compared to the way it did towards Hewitt.
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While on Wimbledon, its late night time slot here in Australia will no doubt cause many bleary eyes in offices and workplaces across the coming days and weeks.
My advice to you, ease yourself into it.
The English tournament always produces some classic matches so you don't want to ruin your sleeping pattern too quickly.
And of course, the Ashes in England are just around the corner.
Use the tennis as a way to ease yourself into the nocturnal lifestyle that us sports fans are about to endure.