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De Minaur’s touching message to Hewitt after epic all-Aussie clash
Alex de Minaur has knocked rising teenage Aussie star Cruz Hewitt out of the Washington Open in the second round.
The 27-year-old went up against the 17-year-old son of tennis legend Lleyton on Friday morning and was victorious 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.
Alex de Minaur of Australia and Cruz Hewitt of Australia embrace following their men’s singles match. Getty Images
The pair have been close for Hewitt’s entire life given Lleyton has worked closely with de Minaur and mentored him throughout his career.
“We’re going to play (each other) for the next 10 years of our lives,” de Minaur said to Hewitt after their match.
'It was weird': de Minaur beats Hewitt in Aussie tussle
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Alex de Minaur has cast aside sentiment to end Cruz Hewitt's breakout run and storm into the Washington Open quarter-finals.
The top seed and defending champion produced a clinical display to defeat the 17-year-old Hewitt – son of former world No.1 Lleyton – 6-2 6-3 in just 61 minutes.
De Minaur shared a warm embrace with Hewitt at the net as Lleyton looked on from the stands at Stadium Court.
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Defending champ de Minaur beats Hewitt in first of ‘many battles to come’
Cruz Hewitt was gasping for air with a towel over his head 15 minutes into his first official clash with Alex de Minaur in Washington on Friday.
The scoreboard was sobering for the 17-year-old rising star: 5-0 to de Minaur, his friend and regular guest at the dinner table for Christmas. Hewitt had won only six points, while nervously spraying almost double as many errors.
None of this was surprising, given the decade difference in age and even wider gap in their resumes.
De Minaur has routinely dispatched fellow Australians, and was never going to take it easy on the teenager, no matter how friendly they are off the court.
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