THINK Lleyton Hewitt is past it? Think again. The former world No. 1 romped to two titles in one day at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
First, Hewitt defeated second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-3) in the men’s singles final for the 33-year old’s 30th career ATP title.
Then he teamed up with fellow Australian Chris Guccione to defeat Jonathan Erlich and Rajeev Ram 7-5, 6-4 in the doubles final.
In last year’s singles final, when Hewitt had a chance to serve out the match for the title, the Aussie was broken in the second set and then lost to Nicolas Mahut of France.
This time, the third-seeded Hewitt closed it out on serve in the tiebreaker when Karlovic hit a forehand return long.
American John Isner beat Hewitt in the 2012 final.
- with AP