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20 years of memories, as tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt bows out

From fresh-faced at 15 to a world-class athlete at 34, Lleyton Hewitt's tenure as one of Australia's best-known tennis superstars has made him one of the biggest draws to the sport. A known...

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Australian Open: Lleyton Hewitt exit sparks emotional scenes in Melbourne

Lleyton Hewitt was ushered into retirement as Spain's David Ferrer ended the Australian former world number one's career with a 6-2 6-4 6-4 victory on an emotional night at Melbourne Park. Hewitt, a...

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Hewitt retires after second-round loss in Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Murray learned a lot about tennis by watching Lleyton Hewitt, a player he admired so much it inspired a pet’s name. Murray has broken a lot of droughts in tennis for British...

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Lleyton Hewitt bows out in Melbourne Park with emotional goodbye

Two-time grand slam champion Lleyton Hewitt waved an emotional goodbye to tennis after the Australian lost the final singles match of his career to Spain’s David Ferrer. Hewitt typically fought to the...

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Hewitt's last hurrah ends in second round

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There's a reason why Lleyton Hewitt could keep tennis fans awake until after 4 in the morning, even when he was playing at home, years after winning Grand Slam titles in...

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Retiring tennis great Hewitt calls match-fixing allegations a 'joke'

Melbourne (CNN)Allegations of match-fixing that damaged tennis this week while players competed at the Australian Open even dampened Lleyton Hewitt's send off, with the twice-grand slam winner having...

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Australian Open 2016: Lleyton Hewitt's decorated career ends in spirited defeat

An obituary notice would read as follows: After a long, distinguished and defiant career, Lleyton Hewitt's time as a tour professional ended after a short struggle with David Ferrer. 19 years after his...

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Tennis: Players were warned of match-fixing allegations

Tennis Australia was tipped off about the match-fixing allegations more than a month before the tournament started, with the ATP warning players of the bombshell that was about to be dropped. Fairfax...

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Millionaire Australian Tennis Star Ends Career With A Loss

Australian tennis star and two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt ends his professional tennis with a loss in the second round of Australian Open against David Ferrer. The youngest ever male to be...

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After 20 years, Lleyton Hewitt bids the Australian Open a fond farewell

After 20 years of pounding his way around Rod Laver Arena, Lleyton Hewitt farewelled his home crowd in an emotional last stand at the Australian Open...

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Retiring Hewitt goes down fighting

Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis yesterday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he slammed the umpire as an “idiot” and defiantly dismissed...

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Lleyton Hewitt calls it a career after final Australia match

MELBOURNE, Australia — There’s a reason why Lleyton Hewitt could keep tennis fans awake until after 4 in the morning, even when he was playing at home in Australia, years after winning Grand Slam...

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Lleyton Hewitt bids farewell to Australian Open

View photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Australia's greatest tennis player retired Thursday evening in Melbourne. At the end of two hours, 33 minutes – or 20 years, if you prefer...

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Lleyton Hewitt's Australian Open career ends with a loss to David Ferrer

Farewelling with no regrets, Lleyton Hewitt says he “left nothing in the locker room” after his storied 20-year, 878-match professional tennis career came to a close with a sapping second-round loss at...

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Hewitt's singles career ends with loss to Ferrer

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt's singles career has come to an end after he was defeated by...

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In last Grand Slam, Lleyton Hewitt bids emotional goodbye

Lleyton Hewitt waves to the crowd after his last match at the Australian Open. (Source: Reuters) Lleyton Hewitt was ushered into retirement as Spain’s David Ferrer ended the Australian former world...

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Australian Open 2016: Lleyton Hewitt's career ends

Melbourne (CNN)The roars of "come on" will be no longer on the men's tennis tour. Lleyton Hewitt played the last match of his successful, injury-hit career Thursday, sent into retirement by David...

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Hewitt ends aptly: sprinting, cursing, with a few tears

It was finally time to go for Lleyton Hewitt, and although it might have been time to go rather sooner, who could begrudge him this? One last singles match under the spotlights at age 34 at the...

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Emotional farewell as Hewitt goes down fighting

MELBOURNE: Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis on Thursday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the...

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Lleyton Hewitt retires in farewell at Australian Open

Baseball cap turned backward, pumping himself up with cries of "C'MON!" Lleyton Hewitt fought one last feisty encounter. Then he gathered his three young kids on center court and said farewell. After a...

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The Latest: Tomic advances to 3rd round at Aussie Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 11:48 p.m. Within hours of Lleyton Hewitt's last match, Bernard Tomic was representing the next...

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The Latest: Hewitt loses final singles match of career

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Lleyton Hewitt has bid farewell to the Australian Open and to his singles career as a...

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Hewitt loses final singles match of career

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Lleyton Hewitt has bid farewell to the Australian Open and to his singles career as a...

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Leaving on his own terms

Tennis : Australia's two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt was the ultimate underdog champion It was finally time to go for Lleyton Hewitt, and although it might have been time to go rather sooner,...

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Tennis: Season over for Lleyton Hewitt, but the last hurrah still to come

The countdown clock continues to tick on towards Lleyton Hewitt's imminent retirement, with the former world No.1 electing to draw the curtain on 2015 to concentrate on preparing for his Australian...

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What to Watch on Thursday at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A veteran Spanish lefthander and a 25-year-old Chinese qualifier who nearly quit tennis last year are back in action Thursday at the Australian Open, hoping to prove that...

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Hewitt hangs up racquet after Ferrer loss

Lleyton Hewitt played his final professional match after he was sent into retirement by eighth seed David Ferrer in a straight-sets loss at the Australian Open on Thursday. Featuring in his 20th and...

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Lleyton Hewitt's peers primed for veteran's Australian Open swansong

He may be farewelling the game, but Lleyton Hewitt remains the Pied Piper of Australian tennis until the very end. As half the nation gets set to tune in to Hewitt’s first-round Australian Open clash...

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#HewBeauty: tribute to Lleyton Hewitt begins (Tennis Australia)

(Source: Tennis Australia) Melbourne VIC, Australia, 3 January 2016 | ausopen.com00 Lleyton Hewitt fans in Australia and around the world will have the chance to farewell the former world No.1 and...

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Tennis: Tony Roche annoints Lleyton Hewitt as Australia's saviour

Not so long ago, Bernard Tomic was seen as the prospective saviour of Australian tennis. On Wednesday, Tony Roche, the Australian great and renowned coach, handed that unwanted baton, not to Tomic, but...

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Fighting farewell for Lleyton Hewitt as Zhang Shuai marches on at Australian...

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis...

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Australian Open: Lleyton Hewitt blasts umpire as foot fault calls stall fight...

Lleyton Hewitt has turned back the clock in his final outing at the Australian Open, taking aim at the chair umpire in an emotional night for the retiring legend. The second one was obviously at a...

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Wimbledon 2016: Lleyton Hewitt wins epic comeback with Jordan Thompson

LONDON: Lleyton Hewitt's Wimbledon comeback has produced a ridiculous first-round doubles victory - even by his fighting standards - in which he and Jordan Thompson saved a remarkable eight match...

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Lleyton Hewitt granted surprise Wimbledon wildcard

London: Lleyton Hewitt's tennis farewell tour has made a belated addition – a goodbye to the Wimbledon crowd six months after retiring. Hewitt on Saturday accepted a main draw doubles wildcard at the...

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Tomic advances to 3rd round at Aussie Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 11:48 p.m. Within hours of Lleyton Hewitt's last match, Bernard Tomic was representing the next generation...

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