Lleyton Hewitts Wimbledon comeback has produced a ridiculous first-round doubles victory - even by his fighting standards - in which he and Jordan Thompson saved a remarkable eight match points.Hewitt and Thompson defeated Spanish pair Nicolas Almagro and David Marrero 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 19-17 following a marathon 157-minute third set in a spicy encounter.Due to the many rain delays this week - which have forced organisers to play on Sunday, the traditional rest day, for just the fourth time in history - the mens doubles matches have been reduced from five to three sets for the first two rounds.But Hewitt, a player of renowned fighting qualities and a long history of five-set battles, insisted on giving fans a match of epic proportions regardless.Was it eight match points? We were talking about it after the match. I knew there was quite a few, but I lost count, Hewitt said.It was more that we just kept focusing one at a time. We couldnt do much else.When asked if it made him miss professional tennis, Hewitt - who retired in January - replied: Probably glad I have (retired).Thompson was revelling in having tasted victory on the famous Wimbledon grass for the first time.It was unbelievable to play with Lleyton in the first round of Wimbledon, and to win 19-17 in the third set was incredible, he said.In a testy match, the Spanish pair argued relentlessly with the chair umpire, and attempted to have crowd members removed by security.Hewitt admitted the crowd were particularly rowdy but didnt feel anyone overstepped the mark, and suggested Almagros repeated protests were more tactical than legitimate - arguing that they surfaced during pivotal points in the match to disrupt the Australian pairs rhythm.I didnt know what was going on. `Nico was obviously into the crowd from pretty much the first thing today, Hewitt said.We tried to stay out of it as much as we could and then we felt like we didnt really cross the line at all out there and it turned quite confrontational.
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