SYDNEY (AP) 鈥� Two-time Grand Slam singles champion Lleyton Hewitt’s return from retirement with his son Cruz in doubles at the New South Wales Open challenger tournament ended Thursday with a loss in the quarterfinals.
Former No. 1-ranked Hewitt, 44, who won the U.S. Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2002 and officially retired from singles in 2016, to beat Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov 6-1, 6-0 in a match Wednesday.
But the father-son team lost 7-5, 6-4 to Dane Sweeney and Calum Puttergill in the quarterfinals.
Lleyton Hewitt is the for Australia. Cruz Hewitt is one of three children Hewitt has with his wife, former actress Bec Hewitt.
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