(Source: Australian Open Tennis Championships) Cramps cost him potential victory while leading Andre Agassi in the semifinals of his home Grand Slam and 13 years later, Pat Rafter's mates aren't about to let him hear the end of it. With Melbourne's temperature soaring on Wednesday, Rafter played his first match since losing the doubles in the 2001 Davis Cup, incidentally with the same man beside him, Lleyton Hewitt. The kick serve and low lunging half-volleys were a throwback to the Rafter of old, but there were none of the wayward ball tosses for the obligatory "sorry mate". The Fanatics were in full voice with the...
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