Hewitt versus Connors!! (Special Edition Thread)

[Chopin]

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In the name of honour, and everything that these Boards strive to be, I bring you my latest thread for your posting and reading pleasure:

Picture this: two scrappy competitors competing against the backdrop of a city that never sleep. Hewitt versus Connors--US Open final.

Pound for pound, who do you think would triumph on the fast hard courts of the U.S. Open?

Personally, I'd take this guy every time:
http://images.teamtalk.com/08/08/800x600/Lleyton-Hewitt-US-Open-Champion-Tennis-2001-2_1136657.jpg

Debate away, ladies and gentleman, for after a brief stay with the Historians in the "Former Pro Player" section, Chopin is back, a man of the people once more.

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[vive le beau jeu !]

i'm expecting an epic 5 sets match... night session, please !!!

 

[Commando Tennis Shorts]

It wouldn't even be close. Connors is one of the greatest of all time. Hewitt is not.

 

[Tina]

Chopin, I thought you are........

The link doesn't work at all.

Anyway, Be Safe and Have fun.

 

[Gemini]

Hewitt....

 

[swordtennis]

Awesome. Got Juicy Hewitt in a scrappy 4 or 5 setter. He definately would not back down from Connors intimidation. He would have no problem hitting Connors flat shots.

 

[Tina]

Awesome. Got Juicy Hewitt in a scrappy 4 or 5 setter. He definately would not back down from Connors intimidation. He would have no problem hitting Connors flat shots.

Hello, my friend. How are you? You said Hewitt is a winner? I will say Connor is a winner

 

[Chopin]

Let the debate continue, friends.

 

[Chopin]

Note: the link has been updated.

 

[BorisBeckerFan]

Hewitt looks so small in that picture. Even with Sampras slightly hunched. To bad he couldn't stay healthy and represent the little guys.

 

[decades]

the brash basher from bellvue.

 

[RoddickAce]

I'd go for the guy featured in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7t5W6SDuEs , in his prime.

 

[BorisBeckerFan]

I'd go for the guy featured in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7t5W6SDuEs , in his prime.

Look at how excited the fans were.

 

[Tina]

Look at how excited the fans were.

You bet, Boris

 

[Chopin]

You bet, Boris

Tina, you are quite interested in my threads.

 

[Tina]

Let the debate continue, friends.

I am very suprised to see you here. You are supposed to have fun

 

[BorisBeckerFan]

I will never forget watching that Connors match with my dad and my brother. We weren't even Connors fans but couldn't help but cheer the guy on.

 

[Tina]

Tina, you are quite interested in my threads.

I am a fan of tennis. Of course, I am interested in all threads here at TTW.

 

[roundiesee]

I think if the setting was the US Open, night session, Connors should win in 5; imagine ole Jimbo stoking the crowd and working them into a frenzy; Lleyton hasn't got a chance
If however we move into the lawns of Wimbledon, I think Hewitt should take it in 5; both players' returns are equally good but Hewitt should just nip it here as he has the better serve of the 2

 

[Ventolin]

Hewitt does quite well in hostile environments, or when everyone is hating on him though.

Remember his 2001 US Open win was the scene of the James Blake racial remark incident. I dont think the crowd would have liked him beating up on Sampras a few days later.

He also defeated Guga on clay during his prime years in Brazil in front of a pretty verbal crowd. Also has come through some pretty fiesty run ins with numerous Argentinian players.

The hate only makes him stronger.

 

[Commando Tennis Shorts]

What is up with this obsession lately about Connors in night sessions at the U.S. Open?

He won other matches too, you know? Everyone's acting like he was only good during "night sessions" at the U.S. Open.

Simply put, Connors is one of the greatest of all time, not just at the U.S. Open. Hewitt is not one of the greatest of all time. I don't care if it's on grass. Greats find a way to win, and Jimbo would.

 

[AAAA]

Pete's hand to face expression is priceless.

 

[Tina]

^^^^

I think Pete might have a terrible headache on that day ^_^.

 

[Tina]

29 years old-lleyton hewitt

 

[borg number one]

I'd pick Connors head to head. Yet, they would have had some great matches quite likely.

 

[borg number one]

Two fighters. Hewitt must have watched a lot of old Connors video. He's a tough customer, but overall I think Connors had a bit more Game. There may be a whole lot of fist pumping, etc. out there, or would it be a "mutual admiration society" out there?

 

[iamke55]

If someone with 14 slams could only get 8 games off Hewitt in a best of 5, then someone with only 8 slams would lose by a scoreline like 6-1 6-3 6-0.

 

[Tina]

Thanks for posting. I like this picture