Spirit of Tennis Award, 2013 Newcombe Medal. After this Hewitt needed an operation to have a plate inserted in his toe. In the 2nd round, Hewitt won a marathon five sets match against Gilles Mller. The win was Hewitt's first over Federer since 2003 and snapped a 15-match losing streak against the Swiss. With Hewitt's doubles run in the tournament, he surpassed the 100-wins mark in doubles. Official tennis player profile of Lleyton Hewitt on the ATP Tour. While he retired in 2020, he continues to stay active in tennis as a commentator for the Australian Open. At Wimbledon, Hewitt beat top ten player Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round in straight sets. [10] Hewitt later won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open when he along with Max Mirnyi claimed the men's doubles championship, thus becoming the youngest male (at 19 years, 6 months) to win a Grand Slam doubles crown in the open era. Hewitt and Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters started a relationship in January 2000, during the Australian Open. Lleyton Hewitt is an Australian professional tennis player who has a net worth of $25 million. Hewitt has used Yonex racquets as early as 2000, having used the Yonex Super RD Tour 95. [6] Dimitrov credited Rasheed for his success in the 2014 Australian Open. 1 ranking. After defeating Fabrice Santoro in the second round, Hewitt downed Roger-Vasselin, to reach his first semi-finals since winning the US Men's Clay Court Championships in April, but lost to Mikhail Youzhny. Hewitt dropped the first set, but went on to win. Hewitt's doubles comeback continued with Lleyton playing doubles at the 2018 Estoril Open with Alex de Minaur where they defeated second seeds Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen before losing in the quarterfinals. [110] He would return for his second Olympic Games in Beijing for both the singles and doubles competitions. Rasheed is best known as Grand Slam coach of Australian former World No. Hewitt then played at the Sony Open Tennis where he defeated Robin Haase in the Round of 128, 36, 63, 63. After losing the first set, Djokovic overpowered Hewitt to take the final two sets and eliminate Hewitt from the tournament. 1 ranking in the world. The top womenSharapova, Serena, Azarenkaare known to keep full-time sparring partners on staff. The score was 67 (27).[74]. [121] In the third round of 2005 Australian Open Hewitt faced Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela in which Hewitt fired up Chela with his over-zealous celebrations for Chela's unforced errors, causing the Argentinian to spit at Hewitt during a change of ends. [15] He captured his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2001, when he beat former world No. [42] Hewitt reached the 2007 Hamburg Masters semi-finals, where he pushed eventual finalist Rafael Nadal to three sets. However, he suffered his sixth first-round exit in his home slam to No. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Hewitt played Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round. [4] Since, Rasheed coached Frenchman and former Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga between October 2012 and 2013. CNN . [45], After Wimbledon, Hewitt elected to miss the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters in an effort to give his hip sufficient rest to enable him to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he defeated Jonas Bjrkman in the first round before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal. Hewitt then travelled back to Australia to participate in a Davis Cup tie against Japan, winning his two singles matches. He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. [139], In April 2021, his twelve year old son, Cruz Hewitt, won the Australian junior tennis clay-court title in Canberra. Key points: Max Purcell has missed out on a wildcard berth for the Australian Open The 23-year old has lashed David Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt for failing to deliver the news personally Purcell, who stressed he understood why he missed out, will go through the qualifying tournament This ended Hewitt's clay court season. He partnered Jordan Thompson but lost in the first round to Cristian Garin and Juan Ignacio Londero. Hewitt's coaches in his time on the ATP Tour: Hewitt and Roger Federer played each other on 27 occasions. He made his comeback at the 2011 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he returned as defending champion. 9 Janko Tipsarevi in straight sets. Hewitt was then defeated by seventh seed Gilles Simon of France in straight sets. Hewitt was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more. [102], Hewitt played the Davis Cup match against Great Britain in the semi-finals of the 2015 Davis Cup. [62] During this match, ITF released wild cards for the 2012 Olympics, and Hewitt's name was in the singles list, marking his third appearance at the Olympic Games (2000, 2008 and now). Hewitt and Kyrgios then went on to win the doubles beating Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov. His first-round opponent was Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun. In 2001 Hewitt would again be a part of the Australian team that would make the Davis Cup final but the Australians would lose the fifth rubber and hand France a 32 win. Hewitt then played in the fast4 exhibition in Sydney where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. Hewitt lost the first set, before recovering to win the match. Also that year, he played doubles in New York, Houston, Surbiton, and 's-Hertogenbosch, playing with the likes of Alexei Popyrin and Thompson yet again. With his win in Las Vegas in March, Hewitt had won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years. After dropping the first set, Hewitt won the next two. In the opening singles tie against Spain, Hewitt lost in singles to Fernando Verdasco. Hewitt then lost in the first round of Delray Beach to Yen-Hsun Lu, the eighth seed. Voltchkov said before the match that "Hewitt has no weapons to hurt me." [30], In 2005, Hewitt won his only title at the Sydney Medibank International defeating little-known Czech player Ivo Min. In his first match, against lucky loser Somdev Devvarman, Hewitt dropped the first set, before battling to win in three sets. Determined to make amends for his last few finals, Hewitt led the Australian team to the 2003 Davis Cup final against Spain where he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in five sets. As a junior Hewitt posted a 4419 record in singles and reached as high as No. In doubles, partnering countryman Peter Luczak, the Aussies went until the 2nd round where they lost in straight sets to the Bryan Twins. [63] In the opening round, he defeated Canadian Vasek Pospisil. Hewitt's tactics typically involve putting difficult service returns in play, consistently chasing down attempted winning shots from his opponent, and keeping the ball deep until he feels he can hit a winner. [98], In 2012, Hewitt won his single and doubles match against China in February, which allowed Australia to return to the playoffs where they lost to Germany. Former World No. In the first round he was defeated in straight sets (36, 26) by fellow Australian Sam Groth in 58 minutes. He won his first round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis in straight sets. It was his 30th career singles title. Hewitt played at the BNP Paribas Open where he defeated Matthew Ebden 76(72), 36, 63. At the 2011 Australian Open, Hewitt was defeated in the first round in five sets by Argentina's David Nalbandian. Hewitt suffered three consecutive first round losses at the BMW Open by FWU AG to Albert Ramos-Vinolas 76(6), 16, 06, Mutua Madrid Open to Santiago Giraldo 57, 64, 26 and at the French Open Roland Garros to Carlos Berlocq 63, 26, 16, 46. After winning the first two sets, he succumbed in five. 3 Novak Djokovic, but lost in straight sets. 6, winning a fourth set tiebreak and sealing the match 61 in the fifth. Hewitt returned to the World Team Cup in 2001 and led Australia to the title by recording singles wins over lex Corretja, Magnus Norman, Tommy Haas in the group stages. At a media conference, Hewitt mentioned plans to retire after the 2016 Australian Open to become the captain of the Australian Davis Cup team after Pat Rafter moved on from the position, becoming the seventh man to captain the team. After the Olympics, due to the further damage Hewitt's hip sustained at the Olympics, he was left with no option but to pull out of the US Open and skip the rest of the season to have hip surgery. He defeated Jonas Bjrkman, Grgory Carraz, Julian Knowle, Mikhail Youzhny, Sjeng Schalken and home favourite Tim Henman before dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets; Hewitt lost only two sets (both to Schalken) throughout the championship. The pair have long been at loggerheads but spent last week together in Sydney as part of Australia's ATP Cup squad. In the 2011 playoffs, he played against Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka on a grass court in Sydney, losing both matches. Hewitt was the subject of a book titled "Facing Hewitt" which features fifty interviews with professional tennis players who competed against him. In a weak performance, Hewitt lost. 609 posts. [5], Hewitt commenced his professional career in 1998. [11] The organisation's first project is developing the Rajah Street Community Reserve in the City of Marion, Adelaide. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. He was originally scheduled to face top seed Roger Federer in the opening round. Hewitt's next tournament was Wimbledon, where he was defeated in the first round by 5th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. They married on 21 July 2005 at the Sydney Opera House and they have three children together. Hewitt and Jordan Thompson accepted a wildcard to play Doubles at the 2018 Brisbane International. He began his grass court season at the 2015 Topshelf Open where he lost to Nicolas Mahut in the first round. He faced Andy Roddick in the semi-finals, but lost in a close match. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero. As they have many times in the past, the former No. Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt. At Wimbledon, Hewitt was seeded 15th and lost to third seed, Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. The great start to his Davis Cup career would continue in the 1999 semi-finals against Russia where he would record another two wins against Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. His US Open run started well, beating Brian Baker in four sets and following up with a five-set epic upset against fellow former US Open champion Juan Martn del Potro, where Hewitt came back from two sets to one down against the No. Hewitt's last professional match of 2018 was in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Austria where Hewitt paired up with experienced doubles specialist John Peers to defeat the Austrian team of doubles specialist Oliver Marach and experienced clay-courier Juergen Melzer. [122] Hewitt would then face David Nalbandian in the quarterfinals on Australia Day with Hewitt coming out victorious 108 in the fifth set. However, the Swiss withdrew after reaching the final of the French Open. 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They lost the match in three sets 63, 36, 911, despite being 51 up in the final set tie-breaker. He was then defeated by German qualifier Dustin Brown in the second round in four sets. Hewitt defeated American Robby Ginepri in the first round. [142], At the 2001 French Open Hewitt twice called the Chair Umpire and net judge "spastics" and was subsequently forced to apologise following a public backlash. In his first match at the Aegon Championships Queen's Club, he beat Mike Russell in three sets. At Wimbledon, Hewitt was awarded a wildcard and was defeated by Jarkko Nieminen 63, 36, 64, 06, 911 in the first round of his eighteenth and final appearance at the tournament. A first round 75 76 victory over Jonas Bjrkman would set up a second round clash with the number 2 seed Rafael Nadal. 1 American duo Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan in the quarterfinals, before losing to Xavier Malisse and Frank Moser in the final. [120][121] The rivalry would hit boiling point in 2005 over a series of matches spread between the 2005 Australian Open and the 2005 Davis Cup Quarterfinals between Australia and Argentina. After dropping the first two sets, Hewitt took advantage of a stomach illness had by Djokovic to take the third set. In the final tie against China, Hewitt defeated Wu Di in straight sets and won the mixed doubles match. They won the rubber against the Austrian duo Oliver Marach and Jrgen Melzer in four sets. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semi-finals and defeated then four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets. 152 following. [86], Hewitt, on a wild card, defeated compatriot John-Patrick Smith 63 64 at the Citi Open in Washington D.C. in August. At AAMI Classic, he defeated Andy Murray in two tiebreaks. Hewitt partnered with Sam Groth lost a tough Davis Cup semi-finals doubles tie against the British Murray brothers in 5 sets. Playing at night in front of a boisterous Aussie crowd, Hewitt dispatched Raonic in 3 hours 6 minutes. The next tournament that Hewitt took part in was the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, an ATP World Tour 500 event in Memphis, Tennessee. [38] During the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt survived a five-set match against South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee that was played over two days. Although Hewitt is not officially coaching the 19-year-old, he is acting as a mentor to the current World #96. He lost his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 36, 26, 67 (27). During this match, Hewitt turned his ankle when he came in to the net to try to reach a net cord ball. He was involved in a racism dispute while playing James Blake at the 2001 US Open. With two victories at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships, he is the most recent Australian male to win a major singles championship. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [55], Hewitt's next tournament was the 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 250 event and first event on the US hard-court swing. In the third round, he faced the 23rd seed Milos Raonic of Canada. 1, 2002: Wimbledon victory and maintaining the No. In the 2006 quarterfinals in Melbourne, Hewitt defeated Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov in just 91 minutes. After Groth's win, Hewitt won the deciding fifth rubber against Nedovyesov to put Australia at 32 to reach the semi-finals. [28] Hewitt used much of his spare time in late 2003 to bulk up, gaining 7kg. 1 ticket holder for the Adelaide Crows, alongside MP Kate Ellis. His second round match was against sixth seed Feliciano Lpez, whom he defeated. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player. [23] But at Wimbledon, as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round to qualifier Ivo Karlovi. Hewitt battled for his 600th ATP win, becoming only the third active player to reach that milestone by beating Robin Haase in the 1st Round of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis. 17 in the world in 1997 (and No. Following the retirement of Pat Rafter and the semi-retirement of Mark Philippoussis, Hewitt would be forced to lead the Australian Davis Cup team with little success from his peers. In addition, Rasheed is a media personality on Channel Seven and is the founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation. [80] In the first round he beat wild card Zhang Ze in 4 sets. In 2019, Hewitt played doubles at a number of tournaments. Hewitt returned to the tour at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as the singles defending champion. Hewitt made his World Team Cup debut for Australia in 2000 at the age of 19. Sharapova, for. The Australian captain could not hide his excitement after his team clinched a dramatic 2-1 victory against Croatia in today's semifinals in Spain.. 2 Andy Roddick to reach his first Australian Open final in 2005. The Australians were the top seeds for the exhibition tournament. Whilst Hewitt's coach, Rasheed also was the coach of the Australian Davis Cup team in 2006.[3]. His next tournament was the 2012 Australian Open. At the French Open, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Argentine Gastn Gaudio. Despite three straight breaks in the fifth set, Hewitt on serve faced and saved three match points at 45, and held serve each time until the 20th game of the fifth set. Long-time rival Andy Roddick, who was seeded 15th, awaited Hewitt in the second round. [32], At Wimbledon, Hewitt reached the semi-finals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. [29] At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Swiss Roger Federer. In the second round, Hewitt faced fifth seed Robin Sderling. [12], Hewitt started off the 2001 season well by winning the Medibank International in Sydney,[13] and went on to win tournaments in London (Queen's Club)[14] and 's-Hertogenbosch. [37], Hewitt won his first tournament of 2006 (after a 17-month hiatus from winning a tournament), when he beat Blake in the final of the Queen's Club Championships. (Instagram) Mia Hewitt, 15. There, he met 2nd seed Novak Djokovic. However, Hewitt made the third round at Roland Garros, before losing a five-set thriller to fifth seed David Ferrer. He beat Evgeny Donskoy in the third round to set up a fourth round match with Mikhail Youzhny. But he lost to Tim Henman in the second round of the Miami Masters, a player he had defeated eight times previously in as many matches. 1 Lleyton Hewitt presents his former coach, Tony Roche, with the first Tim Gullikson Career Coach Award. In June it was announced that Hewitt would be taking a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles competition, playing alongside young compatriot Jordan Thompson. Hewitt continued showed his commitment to the team by competing in the regional ties but the team fell in the playoff stages every year between 2008 and 2011. At the 2007 Australian Open, Hewitt lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up Fernando Gonzlez. [43] At the Masters tournaments in Montral and Cincinnati Hewitt reached the quarterfinals and semi-finals, respectively. 7/17/2022 2022 Enshrinement Weekend, Lleyton Hewitt. Sderling fought back to take the match in five sets. [46], At the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Hewitt defeated seventh seed Diego Junqueira. [25] At the US Open, Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Carlos Ferrero. The 43-year-old was born in Adelaide, South Australia, into a family who shared his . He lost to top seeded John Isner in the final. Djokovic eventually prevailed however, winning the match in four sets, ending Hewitt's run. [138] Hewitt has also been given the nickname 'Rocky' by fans, which originated from his shouts of "C'mon Balboa", in reference to the character Rocky Balboa from the Sylvester Stallone film Rocky. [6] He became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament when he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Jason Stoltenberg in the final, having defeated Andre Agassi in the semi-finals. [127] He is currently sponsored by American athletic apparel company Athletic DNA[128] and the Japanese sports manufacturer Yonex, with whom he signed a "Head to Toe" deal in late 2005. Two of Australia's biggest tennis stars, Alex de Minaur and Lleyton Hewitt, have joined forces to create a formidable team. He then lost in five sets to his second round opponent Benjamin Becker despite winning the first two sets. The two announced their engagement just before Christmas 2003, but separated in October 2004, cancelling a planned February 2005 wedding. After Wimbledon, viewing to prepare for the Olympics, Hewitt was granted a wild card at Newport. Hewitt has also been compared to the character. Nadal eliminated Hewitt in the second round 61 62 and would go on to win the singles gold medal. Prior to the Australian Open, Hewitt took part in the exhibition tournament AAMI Kooyong Classic, in which he defeated Milos Raonic, Tom Berdych, and Juan Martn del Potro en route to claim his second title. [137], Hewitt has a nickname, "Rusty", which was given to him by Darren Cahill who at the time thought Hewitt resembled the character Rusty, from the National Lampoon film series. Hewitt then reached the second round in Barcelona, before losing to Eduardo Schwank, and lost in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Guillermo Garca-Lpez. In addition, Rasheed has launched the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation a not for profit organisation which focuses on children's health across socioeconomic and geographic boundaries. In 2003, Hewitt defeated former No. In singles, where he was awarded a wildcard, Hewitt won his first round match defeating unseeded Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in almost four hours. The Australian from Adelaide received the ultimate honor in tennis on Saturday, July 16, in front of a crowd of family, friends, fans, and well-wishers. On 13 June, Hewitt defeated Roger Federer in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, a grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon Championships. With a bye in the Round of 32, he went on to defeat Marcos Baghdatis in three sets 16, 62, 60 before losing to Michael Russell 36, 67 (68). 1 ranking.[19]. The Australian duo came back from two sets to love but lost the fifth set. Post-match he was remembered by players including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Nick Kyrgios as a man who was at the top of the game for years, and continually displayed the fighting spirit that he became synonymous with. Despite losing the first set, Hewitt defeated Mannarino. [99] In 2014, Australia crashed out 50 in the World Group first round on the French clay of La Roche sur Yon. In the 3rd round, Hewitt lost to 4th seed and No. Furthermore, Hewitt had two match point opportunities in the final set to close out victory. Hewitt played in the mixed doubles with compatriot Casey Dellacqua on a wild card and lost in the second round, seemingly ending his Wimbledon career. Lleyton Hewitt cementing his legacy with Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He competed in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, again as a player-captain in doubles with Peers. [114] Following his men's doubles rejection, Hewitt decided to apply for a spot in the mixed doubles competition with Sam Stosur. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals. [citation needed], At the 2009 BMW Open, Hewitt recorded his 500th career win after defeating Philipp Petzschner in the first round, becoming one of only four active players to achieve this milestone; the others being Roger Federer and Carlos Moy. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Federer, and at the US Open, he was defeated in the final by Federer, losing two out of the three sets at love. In the 1st round, Hewitt met Tobias Kamke, winning his first match at Flushing Meadows since 2009. Hewitt entered the Monte Carlo Masters as a wild card. [51] In Tokyo, Hewitt was drawn to once again meet del Potro in the quarterfinals, but was given a clear path when del Potro was knocked out by qualifier douard Roger-Vasselin in the first round. Hewitt then teamed up with another Aussie, Nick Kyrgios at the 2018 Queen's Club Championships Doubles tournament where they defeated number 3 seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert before losing in the quarterfinals. 6 Gal Monfils, former World No. Hewitt lost a heartbreaking 36, 76 (10), 67 (1), 64, 46 match. 1 in May 2003. Rasheed then coached Gal Monfils from July 2008 to July 2011 which coincided with Monfils rise in rankings from 38 to 7 in the ATP World Rankings. He then lost to Kevin Anderson 67(57), 46. It was a five-set thriller which featured two tiebreaks. A week after his exit from the Australian Open, Hewitt announced at a press conference at Melbourne Park that he underwent another hip operation similar to his left hip operation this time on his right hip on 28 January 2010 in Hobart. With this win, Hewitt went on to the semi-final (his first since Halle 2010), where he was victorious over American Rajeev Ram. [145][146][147][148] Notably this behaviour particularly riled his 2005 Australian Open second-round opponent James Blake.[149]. Bec and Lleyton Hewitt with their children Mia, Cruz and Ava. [77], Hewitt began his 2015 season as the defending champion of the Brisbane International. Team Captain of Australia, Lleyton Hewitt, (left), hugs Nick Kyrgios (right) after he won a doubles match in 2020 With Kyrgios in particular, he's learned 'you can't put everyone in the same. In the quarterfinals, Hewitt/Stosur faced British pair Andy Murray and Laura Robson, they would lose the encounter.[115]. Proud Aussie who plays a bit of tennis. Nick Kyrgios has taken an angry swipe at a number of Australian tennis greats after insisting that Lleyton Hewitt is the only one to have stood by him throughout his tennis career. 1 Australian which he had held for many consecutive months. Hewitt was 32nd seed at the US Open and lost his first-round match to Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets. Lleyton Hewitt is a Yonex tennis legend. [24] Hewitt was only the third defending Grand Slam champion in the open era to lose in the first round, after Boris Becker at the 1997 Australian Open and Patrick Rafter at the 1999 US Open. Lleyton Hewitt Facts Hewitt is a defensive counterpuncher. Hewitt was up two sets to one and during the fourth set had the chance to finish off the match, when the scores were 31 and 040 in Hewitt's favour, but failed to capitalise on the situation. Former US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt, the trailblazing Original 9 and coach Dennis Van der Meer will achieve tennis immortality this summer when they are enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame as the Class of 2021. At the 2008 Australian Open, he advanced to the fourth round as the 19th seed, defeating 15th-seeded and 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis in a thrilling third-round match. Federer held an 188 record headtohead against Hewitt. [122] Later in 2005 Hewitt would face Guillermo Coria in the Davis Cup quarterfinals, where their rivalry would flare up, however, die down the following year in the 2006 Davis Cup semi-finals, where Argentina came out victorious 50 over Hewitt and the Australians. Hewitt managed to turn the tide on Federer, winning 61, 46, 63 and capturing the title, which was his 29th and first since 2010. 5 Juan Martn del Potro. [18] He then went on to defeat Sbastien Grosjean in the final to take the title and gain the No. The following week, Hewitt had to retire during a first round match at the Aegon International against Olivier Rochus. [citation needed]. It was the first time that Hewitt had played in the tournament. Hewitt slayed his Newport demons and defeated the big serving Croat in three sets: 63, 67(4), 76(3). 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