Remember Lleyton Hewitt?

On each work station here in the U.S. Open media center there is a television, offering reporters the convenience to switch from match to match on different channels.

I've been interested to see Marat Safin play today, if only because I remember the days when he was considered a top player. So you can imagine my surprise when I switched to one channel and saw Safin playing Lleyton Hewitt.

For a second I thought, what a cool first round match.

Then I realized it was a flashback to matches from yesteryear. And, after some asking around, the venerable Lloyd Carroll of Queens Chronicle informed me that Hewitt is out recovering from hip surgery. So that's that.

I'm still interested in seeing Safin play in a bit.