It was the result the crowd came to see with hometown hero Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) in the first of his WTC appearances dominating world No.47 Fernando Verdasco (SPA) 6-3, 6-2 (result)<\/p>\n
In the legends matches, recently retired Marion Bartoli (FRA) proved too strong for the incredible Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) winning 6-2 and Mark Philippoussis (AUS) with youth on his side defeated Mats Wilander (SWE) winning 6-4<\/p>\n
The mixed doubles included some fine play by one of the ball kids and some pretty fancy footwork by Philippoussis and Sanchez-Vicario against Wilander and Bartoli with Team Philippoussis taking out the fun fast four format match 4-3, 4-1<\/p>\n
Attendance<\/strong> So hot\u2026<\/strong> Thanks for coming\u2026<\/strong> Also spotted<\/strong> Bad accent of the day<\/strong> Big hitter \u2013 big winner<\/strong> Stylish bunch<\/strong> We\u2019re out there<\/strong>
\nA record first night attendance of 4,031\u00a0turned out on a beautifully warm summer\u2019s night to enjoy the on court action<\/p>\n
\nBig kudos to all players who braved the heat during training this afternoon \u2013 the on court temperature was been officially declared as \u2018brutally hot\u2019. It\u2019s why they are the legends of the court\u2026..<\/p>\n
\nLord Mayor Darwin Katrina Fong Lim who was a guest of Cr Natasha Malani, Lachlan Clyne, Mayor of Unley, Andrew Fagan, CEO Crows<\/p>\n
\nTeam Lotto \u2013 early arrivals for the Tour Down Under taking a break and enjoying the tennis and Kane Cornes on a night off from fighting fires<\/p>\n
\nFernando Verdasco trying to talk \u2018Aussie\u2019 and he hates Vegemite too which pretty much makes him a bona-fide non-Australian<\/p>\n
\nMark Philippoussis \u2013 3 of 4 matches won proving he\u2019s still got it in spades!<\/p>\n
\nDid you know both Marion Bartoli and Mark Philippoussis have fashion lines with new ranges out soon<\/p>\n
\nThe WTC is being broadcast to over 100 countries this year and will have a highlights package on 7Two the following day. ESPN is broadcasting nationally<\/p>\n