{"id":22429,"date":"2013-09-05T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/youzhny-crushes-hewitts-us-open-dreams\/"},"modified":"2013-09-05T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:06:23","slug":"youzhny-crushes-hewitts-us-open-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/youzhny-crushes-hewitts-us-open-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Youzhny crushes Hewitt\u2019s US Open dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=15700\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15700\" alt=\"Hewitt reacts during his fourth round match against Mikhail Youzhny on September 3. Photo: Clive Brunskill \/ Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2126c_hewitt-cropped.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hewitt reacts during his fourth round match against Mikhail Youzhny on September 3. Photo: Clive Brunskill \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Drug testers swooped on Lleyton Hewitt in the players\u2019 tunnel of Louis Armstrong Stadium after his gut-wrenching loss at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt was in an emotional state when he was interrupted by WADA officials in the aftermath to one of the most difficult losses of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Away from TV cameras, Hewitt had tears in his eyes after blowing two commanding leads against Russia\u2019s Mikhail Youzhny.<\/p>\n<p>Desperate to flee Flushing Meadows ASAP, reeling from his 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-5 heartbreaker, Hewitt had to provide his samples for WADA before gaining permission to leave the precinct.<\/p>\n<p>This one hurt. Hewitt led 4-1 in the fourth set. He was home and hosed. He led 5-2 in the fifth set. Home again, hosed again.<\/p>\n<p>He reverted to unthreatening baseline rallies and Youzhny pounced, swinging for the fences and connecting.<\/p>\n<p>In an excruciatingly tense finale, with a blockbuster quarter-final against Novak Djokovic on the radar, Hewitt wanted it so badly that he wanted it too much.<\/p>\n<p>He squandered the last five games. The opportunity might never present itself again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the hardest games to win is the last one,\u201d he deadpanned. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/federer-takes-a-bow-out-of-the-us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s a game of inches out there, really. Every loss still hurts.<\/a>\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Australian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more US Open news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/1074f_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hewitt reacts during his fourth round match against Mikhail Youzhny on September 3. Photo: Clive Brunskill \/ Getty Images Drug testers swooped on Lleyton Hewitt in the players\u2019 tunnel of Louis Armstrong Stadium after his gut-wrenching loss at the US Open. 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