Draper (yes, the golfer/professional is going to coach Lleyton Hewie
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Lleyton Hewitt's former Davis Cup teammate, Scott Draper, will coach the two-time Grand Slam champion at least until the end of the Australian Open.
Justin Cohen, Hewitt's manager, said Monday that Draper had been appointed to a ``coaching and support role'' following Roger Rasheed's sudden resignation last Friday after 3 1/2 years of coaching Hewitt.
While Cohen described the arrangement as ``open-ended,'' Draper, an aspiring golf professional, told Channel Nine television he wasn't considering coaching Hewitt beyond the Australian Open, which ends Jan. 28.
``Lleyton is a passionate competitor, we all know what he is like on the court,'' Draper said. ``I've never had one issue, I get on well with his family.''
Rasheed decided he could no longer work with the former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion after arguing with Hewitt after the Australian lost to 94th-ranked Igor Kunitsyn of Russia at last week's Adelaide International.
Hewitt will head into the Australian Open having played just two singles matches in four months after withdrawing from this week's Sydney International with a torn calf muscle.
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Lleyton Hewitt's former Davis Cup teammate, Scott Draper, will coach the two-time Grand Slam champion at least until the end of the Australian Open.
Justin Cohen, Hewitt's manager, said Monday that Draper had been appointed to a ``coaching and support role'' following Roger Rasheed's sudden resignation last Friday after 3 1/2 years of coaching Hewitt.
While Cohen described the arrangement as ``open-ended,'' Draper, an aspiring golf professional, told Channel Nine television he wasn't considering coaching Hewitt beyond the Australian Open, which ends Jan. 28.
``Lleyton is a passionate competitor, we all know what he is like on the court,'' Draper said. ``I've never had one issue, I get on well with his family.''
Rasheed decided he could no longer work with the former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion after arguing with Hewitt after the Australian lost to 94th-ranked Igor Kunitsyn of Russia at last week's Adelaide International.
Hewitt will head into the Australian Open having played just two singles matches in four months after withdrawing from this week's Sydney International with a torn calf muscle.
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