Hewitt, Haas Score Wimbledon Wildcards

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt, former world No. 2 Tommy Hass and Belgium's David Goffin, the lucky loser who took a set off Roger Federer at the French Open, have been given wild cards for this year's Wimbledon tennis championships.

Virginie Razzano, the Frenchwoman who beat Serena Williams in the first round in Paris, received one of the women's eight wild cards as did Kazakhstan qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova who reached the French quarter-finals after ousting champion Li Na.

Other wildcards went to British players.

Men's wildcards:

1. Jamie Baker (GBR)

2. David Goffin (BEL)

3. Oliver Golding (GBR)

4. Josh Goodall (GBR)

5. Tommy Haas (GER)

6. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)

7. James Ward (GBR)

8. To be announced

Women's wildcards:

1. Naomi Broady (GBR)

2. Johanna Konta (GBR)

3. Virginie Razzano (FRA)

4. Laura Robson (GBR)

5. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

6. Heather Watson (GBR)

7. To be announced

8. To be announced

Australian Open Day 4: Match of the Day

Lleyton Hewitt vs. Andy Roddick

A lot of matches on Thursday in Australia, but nothing too earth shattering.

That leaves us with a match featuring former grand slam champs who were also former No 1s in the world.  And they meeting in the second round.

I'm of course talking about Lleyton Hewitt and Andry Roddick.

Hewitt is 30 years of age and his ranking has slipped close to 200 in the world.  Roddick is 29 and he fell out of the top-10 last summer, but he's holing steady at No. 16.

This match will bring back a lot of memories if not great play, but it's entertaining nonetheless.

Even though Hewitt will have the home crowd support, Roddick has a little too much right now for the Aussie.

These two have played 13 times in the past with Roddick holding a 7-6 advantage.  Hewitt hasn't beaten Roddick since Indian Wells in 2005, but expect Lleyton to fight as hard as ever on every point.

I like Roddick in 3 tough sets, maybe with a few tiebreaks thrown in.

The Atlanta Tennis Championships in 3-D

Trying something new here.  How about getting those old red and blue 3-D glasses out and take a look at some shots from the Atlanta Tennis Championships.  Converted with an iPhone app.  Let me know what you think.

Lleyton HewittMardy FishJohn Isner in 3-D

Pictures from Atlanta Tennis Championships Day 2

Some long close matches on the grounds today.  Ryan Harrison was impressive and #5 seed Grigor Dimitrov was upset.

Ryan Harrison

American Phillip Simmons was playing in his first main draw of an ATP Tour event in 5 years

Lleyton Hewitt appeared healthy as he took out Simmonds

Many fans turned out to watch Yen-Hsun Lu

Grigor Dimitrov was an upset victim

Yuichi Sugita of Japan took on Ryan Harrison

Pictures from Atlanta Tennis Championships Day 1

The last 4 qualifying matches were decided early in the afternoon making way for main draw play to start in earnest at 4pm.

The practice courts were packed all day with the likes of Mardy Fish, Lleyton Hewitt and a lot of doubles play.

Mardy Fish sweating it out during a practice session.

Fish spent time practicing with Lleyton Hewitt

Impressive today....

Michael Russell

and Somdev Devvarman

Not impressive today... Donald Young

Mardy Fish talked about being the #1 American player