Brisbane Gets Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur

Written by: Staff on 9th October 2012

Brisbane Gets Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur

epa03374033 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia reacts as he plays Tobias Kamke of Germany during their match on the third day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 29 August 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/JASON SZENES |

Lleyton Hewitt has left it late to make his veteran’s debut at next January’s Brisbane event as Australian players pick their preparation spots prior to the 2013 Australian Open.

The 31-year-old will compete in Brisbane four years and five editions after the event replaced a tournament in his native Adelaide . While Hewitt is on the east coast, Aussie Bernard Tomic will be playing on the west coast at the revamped Hopman Cup, teaming with Casey Dellacqua for the host nation at the eight-team international mixed event.

Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open winner, will begin her Open preparation in Brisbane also along with Hewitt before the start of the major on January 14.

Though Hewitt has played Davis Cup in Brisbane , the Queensland capital, he has always favored the Hopman Cup in the past. Also playing in Brisbane is US Open winner Andy Murray, with Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams heading the women’s field at the joint event.

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