“We get weaned on Australian beer, and we have this complex that we have to prove ourselves because we were all sent out as convicts,” he said. “Just joking.”And joking apart? “Everybody loves a winner,” Newcombe said “Everybody wants to talk to a winner Things have just happened to click together. Why are Australians the greatest people on earth? Because they were chosen by the best judges.
There was a reminder of that self-mockery when John Newcombe, captain of the victorious Australian Davis Cup team at the centenary final in France last month, was asked to explain how his country managed to win so many of sport’s world championships. Why are Australians the greatest people on earth? Because they were chosen by the best judges. When the magnificent National Tennis Centre in Melbourne opened in January 1988, Australia was about to celebrate its 200th birthday, and Australian jokes filled several pages of a local newspaper A personal favourite was this one… The Australian now meets Andre Agassi in today’s final.The big-serving Philippoussis hit 16 aces against Sampras and it was his serving power that proved decisive in a 7-6, 7-6 victory in sweltering conditions.. When the magnificent National Tennis Centre in Melbourne opened in January 1988, Australia was about to celebrate its 200th birthday, and Australian jokes filled several pages of a local newspaper A personal favourite was this one…

I think the backhand is my weapon,” a surprised Mauresmo said later.Lindsay Davenport, the world No 2 who faces the Frenchwoman in today’s final after beating Anna Kournikova 6-3, 6-2 yesterday, added her own pointed comment: “I don’t know who said that was her weakness.”In Kooyong, Mark Philippoussis served up a warning for the Australian Open when he beat the world No 3, Pete Sampras, in the semi-finals of the Colonial Classic yesterday. But Mauresmo took the next two games, winning the match with an ace.Afterwards Hingis made the astonishing statement that Mauresmo’s backhand was well-known as her weaker side, which is why she had played on that stroke “If you watched me play a bit… Hingis led 5-3, but the nimble Mauresmo fought on, sending some scorching backhands past the world’s top player, winning four games in a row to take the set.Her ferocious form continued in the second set, running to a 4-1 lead before Hingis clawed back to 4-3. On Thursday Hingis somewhat tactlessly told Mauresmo, seeded No 6 here, that she still had much to prove.The 20-year-old came out fighting, determined to let her racket do the talking, taking a close first set, which had first swung one way and then the next, in 51 minutes.

Indefatigable and supremely confident, he has continued to soar through the rankings and was crucial in Australia’s Davis Cup campaign last year.He has also been rounding out his game, improving his service placement and groundstrokes so much that he has reached the final here without even dropping a set.In the women’s event Amelie Mauresmo humbled Martina Hingis 7-5, 6-3 in the semi-finals. It was sweet revenge for Mauresmo, who lost last year’s Australian Open final to Hingis and was insulted by the world No 1, who took exception to her muscular physique and lesbian partner. Hewitt, who will go to the top of the rankings after nine straight wins this year, will meet his fellow Australian, Jason Stoltenberg, in tomorrow’s final. Lleyton Hewitt confirmed that he is the best form of his young life after confidently disposing of the Spanish baseliner Alex Corretja 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Sydney International here yesterday. Hewitt, who will go to the top of the rankings after nine straight wins this year, will meet his fellow Australian, Jason Stoltenberg, in tomorrow’s final.
But despite a confident display by Stoltenberg, who beat the Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-2, few expect that Hewitt will have any more trouble against his compatriot than he had when beating him 6-2, 6-2 in Adelaide last week en route to his third career title.Hewitt first made headlines as a 16-year-old when he became the lowest-ranked player ever to win an ATP tour event.

Lleyton Hewitt confirmed that he is the best form of his young life after confidently disposing of the Spanish baseliner Alex Corretja 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Sydney International here yesterday. He also won the title here in 1995.The defending champion, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, is in the bottom half of the draw and is seeded to meet fourth seed Nicolas Kiefer in the semi-finals.The absence of the former champions Graf and Monica Seles and the late withdrawal of Venus Williams have done little to detract from the women’s draw. The US Open champion, Serena Williams, has been put in the top half with Hingis, while No 4 seed, Mary Pierce of France, is in the bottom half of the draw with the American second seed Lindsay Davenport.. Martina Hingis is chasing a record fourth straight title after joining Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Graf and Seles as the only women to win three in a row during the Open era. If he beats Golmard, Henman will go on to face Germany’s Rainer Schuttler or Juan Antonio Marin of Costa Rica in the second round.

And the 25-year-old is later scheduled to face last year’s runner-up, Thomas Enqvist, in the fourth round, Sampras in the quarter-finals and Agassi if he reaches the last four.Sampras hopes to eclipse Roy Emerson and become the first man to win 13 Grand Slam singles titles, while Agassi, with his girlfriend and former women’s world No 1, Steffi Graf, at his side, is keen to build on the triumphs of 1999 when he won the French and US Open and became only the fifth man to win all four Grand Slam titles in his career. Tim Henman’s hopes of winning his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, have not been helped by a tough draw in Melbourne. The British No 1 will face the Frenchman Jerome Golmard, ranked 35 in the world, in the first round next week and is also in the same half of the draw as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.
Golmard beat Henman in the first round of the 1998 Australian Open, winning the deciding set of a marathon match 11-9 after Henman had twice come from behind. And the Frenchman, who has already won a tournament in India this year, also emerged victorious on the two occasions the players met in 1999.Henman has countered those three defeats, all on hardcourt surfaces, with straight-sets wins at Wimbledon in 1997 and in Tokyo in 1998. The British No 1 will face the Frenchman Jerome Golmard, ranked 35 in the world, in the first round next week and is also in the same half of the draw as Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. Tim Henman’s hopes of winning his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, have not been helped by a tough draw in Melbourne.

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