Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand and Joey Hanf of The Tennis Nerds preview and pick the four best men’s singles matches on opening day at Wimbledon. Either Jarkko Nieminen or Lleyton Hewitt will be playing his last match at the All-England Club.
Jarkko Nieminen vs. (WC) Lleyton Hewitt
Ricky: Nieminen is retiring at the end of this season. Hewitt is calling it a career after the 2016 Australian Open. One of these two well-respected veterans will wave goodbye from Wimbledon on Monday; the other will likely play his last match on Wednesday against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Something has to give here because Nieminen has an edge in current form (10 ATP-level wins this season compared to Hewitt’s one), but Hewitt is 5-0 lifetime in the head-to-head series. The Australian won Wimbledon in 2002 and is quite simply a far superior grass-court performer. It would only be fitting…
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