Roger Rasheed

Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is an Australian sportsman and tennis coach of Lebanese descent. [cite news|url=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/footy-through-the-eyes-of-a-tennis-coach/2007/09/11/1189276721033.html|title=Footy through the eyes of a tennis coach|last=Flanagan|first=Martin|date=2007-09-12|work=realfooty.com.au|accessdate=2008-07-20] He is perhaps best known as the coach of tennis player Lleyton Hewitt from June 2003 until January 2007.

Born in Adelaide, Rasheed played Australian rules football, including 7 games in the SANFL with Sturt. As a tennis player, he reached number 192 in ATP rankings in 1992. He became the youngest player to qualify for an Australian Open, which was a record eclipsed in 1997 by Hewitt.

Rasheed quit as Hewitt's coach on 5 January 2007, announcing his decision after Hewitt lost in in the Adelaide International and just a week before the Australian Open. [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200701/s1822250.htm]

Rasheed next moved on to tennis commentary for Channel 7. He regularly commentates both Men's and Women's matches in the Australian Open.

Rasheed received some criticism from the media after his actions in the first round match between Venus Williams and Yan Zi in the 2008 Australian Open.Rasheed proceeded to show a "Super Slow-mo" of Venus, where it concentrated solely on her buttocks. He commentated on how it looked, with Venus wearing very short shorts during the match. During a post match interview, Venus' sister Serena Williams was asked her thoughts on that matter but laughed it off and said "Venus definitely has a great posterior. I'm sure it looked nice".

Rasheed is now the tennis coach for Frenchman Gael Monfils.

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* [http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles/default2.asp?playersearch=Rasheed,+Roger ATP profile]