{"id":6761,"date":"2015-11-30T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T23:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2015-12-01T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T22:58:48","slug":"lleyton-hewitt-and-thansai-kokkinakis-to-play-in-hobart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2015\/11\/30\/lleyton-hewitt-and-thansai-kokkinakis-to-play-in-hobart","title":{"rendered":"Lleyton Hewitt and Thanasi Kokkinakis to play in Hobart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian tennis great and former World No.1 <strong>Lleyton Hewitt <\/strong>will play upcoming young Australian star <strong>Thanasi\u00a0Kokkinakis <\/strong>in a special Exhibition Match at the <strong>Domain Tennis Centre\u00a0<\/strong>in Hobart on <strong>Friday 18 December, 2015. <\/strong>Events will start\u00a0from<strong> 6.45 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will be the first time Hewitt has played in Hobart and will be the last chance for Tasmanians to see him play before he retires after the Australian Open in January, 2016.\u00a0Hewitt is an Australian sporting icon, a winner of Wimbledon in 2002 and the US Open in 2001, 30 career titles, the most wins in Australian Davis Cup history and was the youngest ever World No 1, spending 80 weeks at the pinnacle of the game.<\/p>\n<p>19 year old Kokkinakis is one of the major talents showing promise in Australian tennis, he has been a member of the Australian Davis Cup team the past two years, with Hewitt, and is currently ranked 71 in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Domain Tennis Challenge <\/strong>will also feature a match between Tasmania\u2019s best ever player <strong><em>Richard Fromberg<\/em> <\/strong>and young professional <em><strong>Harry Bourchier<\/strong><\/em>, with a \u201cKid \u2019n\u2019 Coach\u201d match between local Domain coach Mickey Conallin and his 8-year old son Ethan, up against Lleyton Hewitt\u2019s coach Jaymon Crabb and 7-year old Cruz Hewitt.<\/p>\n<h4>Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online via <a href=\"http:\/\/tixtas.com.au\/Home.aspx#events\" target=\"_blank\">Tixtas<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Corporate Boxes can also be purchased by contacting <a href=\"mailto:ddrysdale@lleytonhewittmarketing.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Drysdale<\/a> 0418 210 795<\/h4>\n<p>View the full Media Release:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/doc\/6760-2\" target=\"_blank\">Hewitt-Kokkinakis Exhibition Match<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedomaintennischallenge\" target=\"_blank\">View on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2015\/11\/1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-standard-landscape wp-image-6777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2015\/11\/1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles-700x450.jpg\" alt=\"1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2015\/11\/1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2015\/11\/1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/files\/2015\/11\/1024x768-Hewitt-Kokkinakis-doubles-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian tennis great and former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt will play upcoming young Australian star Thanasi\u00a0Kokkinakis in a special Exhibition Match at the Domain Tennis Centre\u00a0in Hobart on Friday 18 December, 2015. Events will start\u00a0from 6.45 pm. 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