Lleyton Hewitt King Of Kooyong

Written by: Staff on 12th January 2013

Kooyong Clasic Tennis tournament in Melbourne

Lleyton Hewitt King Of Kooyong

epa03531766 Australia's Lleyton Hewitt poses with his kids (clockwise) Mia, Cruz, and Ava and the winners trophy after he defeated Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina, in the final match of the Kooyong Clasic tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 12 January 2013. Players have arrived in Melbourne for the Australian Open Tennis Tournament which commences on 14 January 2013. EPA/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT |

LLEYTON HEWITT (AUS), in front of a near-capacity crowd, clinched the 2013 AAMI Classic this afternoon in emphatic fashion. Hewitt, in scintillating form, defeated JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO (ARG) in straight sets, 6-1 6-4, claiming his second AAMI Classic title in three years. Post match, Hewitt commented: “I felt like every match I got better and better and more confident” and “against Berdych and even more so today I felt like I hit the ball as clean as I have in a long time.” Hewitt payed credit to Del Potro in his on-court acceptance speech, saying the Argentinean was one of his closest mates on tour and wished him the best for the Australian Open.

The post-match ceremony took on a family flavour as Hewitt’s three children surrounded their Dad on court, while son, Cruz, asked Del Potro for his signature.

In the first match of the day, world number 6 TOMAS BERDYCH (CZE) post a masterful win over MARCOS BAGHDATIS (CYP), 6-3 6-2 in the play-off for third and fourth spot.

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