Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Tennis - Hewitt feud continues...

By Pippa Davis

Will the spitting continue?Tue 19 Sept 2006.The on-going feud between Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the Argentinean players continued to gather momentum in the lead up to the Davis Cup semi-final between the two countries.

This latest incident sees Hewitt being accused of turning the clash into a circus after being given special security during his visit to the South American country.

Hewitt - who arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday night - will be accompanied by two personal minders during his week long stay in the Argentine capital.

The Australian is already hugely unpopular in Argentina having been involved in a number of acrimonious incidents with several of the country's top players during his career.

"Hewitt seems to be thinking that he's coming to Iraq," said Argentina's Jose Acasuso.

"But we're not bothered because this is the circus that he wanted to set up&hellip Nothing's going to happen and we shouldn't pay any attention to it.

"We're just worried about Argentina. Whether he has one bodyguard, or 500 bodyguards, that's up to him."

Argentina - who beat holders Croatia in the quarter-finals - are the favourites to win the tie at the Parque Roca where a capacity 14,000 crowd is expected on all three days.