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===Hewitt vs Argentinian players=== A rivalry and feud<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5367164.stm Nalbandian stokes up Hewitt feud] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131142032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5367164.stm |date=31 January 2016 }} [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> between Hewitt and Argentinian tennis players began at the [[2002 Wimbledon]] final where Hewitt defeated Argentina's [[David Nalbandian]] in straight sets.<ref>[http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8196967 Luckless Hewitt to resume bitter rivalry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115230751/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8196967 |date=15 January 2011 }} [[Nine MSN]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref><ref name="Heartbreaker">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/sport-old/lleyton-hewitt-gone-in-five-set-heart-breaker/story-fn79h9tu-1225990703643?nk=da3562975c0f8f1d9d65e22151cdaf0b Lleyton Hewitt gone in five-set heart-breaker] ''[[The Australian]]''. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> The rivalry would hit boiling point in 2005 over a series of matches spread between the [[2005 Australian Open]] and the [[2005 Davis Cup]] Quarterfinals between [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] and [[Argentina Davis Cup team|Argentina]].<ref name="Heartbreaker"/> In the third round of 2005 Australian Open Hewitt faced Argentinian [[Juan Ignacio Chela]] in which Hewitt fired up Chela with his over-zealous celebrations for Chela's unforced errors, causing the Argentinian to spit at Hewitt during a change of ends.<ref name="Footy">[http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitt-talks-footy-dreams-and-on-court-rivalries-ahead-of-the-brisbane-international/story-fndkzym4-1226542479434 Lleyton Hewitt talks footy dreams and on-court rivalries ahead of the Brisbane International] [[News.com.au]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> Hewitt would then face [[David Nalbandian]] in the quarterfinals on [[Australia Day]] with Hewitt coming out victorious 10β8 in the fifth set.<ref name="Footy"/> Later in 2005 Hewitt would face [[Guillermo Coria]] in the Davis Cup quarterfinals, where their rivalry would flare up. It did, however, die down the following year in the [[2006 Davis Cup]] semi-finals, where Argentina came out victorious 5β0 over Hewitt and the Australians.
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