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An emotional Lleyton Hewitt brought
the curtain down on his 18-year
singles career as he lost to David
Ferrer in the second round of the
Australian Open.
Former world No 1 Hewitt went down in
straight sets to Ferrer, the eighth seed
in Melbourne, in two hours and 34
minutes at the Rod Laver Arena.
The Aussie battler said goodbye in
typical fashion: received a code
violation for an audible obscenity and
tried to get a line judge removed after
getting foot-faulted.
Outplayed in the first set, Hewitt, now
ranked 308th in the world, upped his
game in the second and third sets but,
after cancelling out a break by the
Spaniard in the third, he was
immediately broken back and there
was a sense that the end was high. Read More: Emotional Lleyton Hewitt retires after Australian Open defeat to David Ferrer - Mirror Online
the curtain down on his 18-year
singles career as he lost to David
Ferrer in the second round of the
Australian Open.
Former world No 1 Hewitt went down in
straight sets to Ferrer, the eighth seed
in Melbourne, in two hours and 34
minutes at the Rod Laver Arena.
The Aussie battler said goodbye in
typical fashion: received a code
violation for an audible obscenity and
tried to get a line judge removed after
getting foot-faulted.
Outplayed in the first set, Hewitt, now
ranked 308th in the world, upped his
game in the second and third sets but,
after cancelling out a break by the
Spaniard in the third, he was
immediately broken back and there
was a sense that the end was high. Read More: Emotional Lleyton Hewitt retires after Australian Open defeat to David Ferrer - Mirror Online
