Hewitt heroics put Oz in semifinals

20 July 2015 - 02:02
By Reuters

Ageing tour warrior Lleyton Hewitt ended a tumultuous week for Australian tennis by guiding his team into the Davis Cup semifinals yesterday with victory in the final singles against Kazakhstan. Australia will meet Britain for a place in their first final since 2003 after the hard-bitten former world No1 trounced Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6 (2) 6-2 6-3 in the Darwin sunshine.

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