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Not a snowball's chance to win Down Under

By Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com

Friday, January 16, 2009

I think I'll leave all the handicapping and predictions to the usual suspects this time around and do a post in honor of Marat Safin, that well-known alpinist and tennis's patron saint of lost causes. So let's take a look at the Australian Open draw and pick a few lost causes and hopeless cases -- players who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, no matter what their rankings, résumés or histories may indicate: 1. Lleyton Hewitt: This one really hurts, but we're being ho ...

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