Nick Place at the
Crikey sports desk writes:

Lleyton Hewitt’s familiar war-cry of “C’mon!” could make way
for “Die! Why won’t you just die?” when his match against Korea’s Hyung-Taik
Lee resumes at two sets all, after being suspended just before dawn, Australian
eastern seaboard time.

Hewitt is actually very, very lucky to still be in the
match, going into a second day and about to start a fifth set.

Lee is an 11-year pro player, and playing his fourth
Wimbledon, but was playing a lot better than his ranking of 102 would suggest.
Swinging from the ankles, he broke Hewitt in the 11th game of the
third set, for 6-5, and served for a two-sets-to-one lead, but tightened up and
couldn’t close it out. Hewitt forced a tiebreak, only to watch the Korean take
a six points to three lead, with two set points on serve. He still couldn’t close it
out.

Hewitt duly won the set among much fist-pumping and you
would think the way home would have been clear from there. Instead, Lee hung
tough to force the third tiebreak in four sets and won it, ensuring the
Australian would endure an uneasy, sleepless night.

Seeded sixth and rated by many as a potential finalist, Our
Lleyton should be thankful he somehow scrapped out of those third set horrors,
or it would be all over already. As it is, the match stands at 6-7 (4-7) 6-2
7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (5-7).

Meanwhile, two-time French Open champ Rafael Nadal’s big
adventure on grass continues. The Spaniard was two sets down against a
qualifier ranked 276 in the world, Robert Kendrik, but somehow squeezed out of
it, and will now face Andre Agassi in a dream match which promises to be a
highlight of the American’s Last Stand at the All-England Corral. Wouldn’t
Agassi love to claim Nadal as a scalp before he bows out?

I love Nadal’s approach to his sport. In a world of
tortured millionaire sporting souls, he is a breath of fresh air. His summary
of today’s match: “He was playing very well. I was playing well, but I was
losing.”

See, life really can be that simple.