Rafter defeated 14th seed Dominik Hrbaty to reach his sole Australian Open semi-final, where he fell in five sets to sixth seed and eventual champion Andre Agassi. One of the greatest doubles players ...
Jannik Sinner, Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors are among the players who won all of their first three Grand Slam finals.
“Lleyton Hewitt and [David] Nalbandian [five-set epic in 2011] was probably the biggest game that I was part of in terms of how long it went for. I think it went for over four and a half hours.
“Then went on to play a nailbiter in just over four hours against (David) Nalbandian - 10-8 in the fifth which is an extraordinary game as well. There was so much high quality tennis and I think ...
The dual grand slam champion, who never took a backward step against Argentinian stars including David Nalbandian, Guillermo Coria and Guillermo Canas, enjoyed a particularly spicy rivalry with Chela.