Hewitt defeated in Adelaide International
At least he is still playing the AO. For now. Radek Stepanek (Mr. Hinigs) and Arnaud Clement were also sent packing.
Lleyton Hewitt has been dumped from the Adelaide International by a lowly-ranked outsider for the second consecutive year, stunned 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 by world No. 94 Igor Kunitsyn last night at Memorial Drive.
Hewitt turned what had appeared a comfortable passage from the round-robin stage of his home tournament into a disastrous defeat by the gritty Russian that was played out over almost three hours in stifling evening heat and ended with a forehand winner on Kunitsyn’s sixth match point, but the first on his own serve. The Age