SYDNEY — Two-time Grand Slam singles champion Lleyton Hewitt’s return from retirement together with his son Cruz in doubles on the New South Wales Open challenger event ended Thursday with a loss within the quarterfinals.
Former No. 1-ranked Hewitt, 44, who received the US Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2002 and retired from singles in 2016, had mixed together with his 16-year-old son Cruz to beat Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov 6-1, 6-0 in a match Wednesday.
However the father-son crew misplaced 7-5, 6-4 to Dane Sweeny and Calum Puttergill within the quarterfinals.
Lleyton Hewitt is the Davis Cup captain for Australia. Cruz Hewitt is considered one of three kids Hewitt has together with his spouse, former actress Bec Hewitt.
