I watched most of this match, and I was impressed with what I saw. Hewitt winning the first set with two breaks of serve? Whew, if he kept playing that way in the next set.... Consequently, though, Nadal responded, took the second set, then broke Hewitt's serve to take an early lead in the third. But Hewitt made Nadal work really hard to win his service games in the second and third sets, and Hewitt found a way to even the final set at 4-4. Then came the consecutive breaks of serve! Thrilling tennis to watch, like that point at 6-5, 15-15 with Nadal serving for the match. I was thinking tiebreaker, but the match narrowly missed it.
Hewitt's the man (btw, nice to see him playing well again, especially with all those nagging injuries); just like Davydenko in Rome, only he took Rafa a little further. Perhaps other players should take note of this match. And the countless number of times I saw both players reacting in-between points! So which player gets more fired up? (lol) Ah, good stuff.