The 17-year-old son of former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt is carving his on path in DC.
Cruz Hewitt, son of former World No.1 and two-time main champion Lleyton, made waves earlier this month when he reached the boys’ singles ultimate at Wimbledon.
In the present day he made a good greater wave, crashing over the DC Citi Open with throwback power and the infectious enthusiasm that solely a 17-year-old can possess.
In his first ATP-level match qualifier Hewitt blasted previous American veteran Marcos Giron, 6-3, 6-4 to develop into the youngest match winner in DC since Kei Nishikori in 2007.
Hewitt was by no means damaged and notched a break in every set to take out the California native in 73 minutes. He punctuated his triumph with a hand-to-head Vicht salute, the precise one made well-known by his father within the early aughts.
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It’s a exceptional victory for Hewitt, ranked 612, and almost a half-year shy of his 18th birthday. His father received the DC title in 2004. The youthful Hewitt should get via both top-seeded Alex de Minaur or Stefanos Tsitsipas in his second-round match to maintain that dream alive.
With the win, Hewitt grew to become the fourth man born in 2008 or later to win a tour-level match (excluding Davis Cup). The opposite three are Diego Dedura, Thijs Boogaard and Moise Kouame.
He’s already up 255 locations to No.357 within the ATP reside rankings and will break the Prime 300 with one other win.
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a contract sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who’s a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He additionally writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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