Lleyton Hewitt is out of the US Open and will have season ending hip surgery, the two-time Grand Slam champion said in a published statement on his Web site."Surgery was always the last resort, but unfortunately that's what it came down to," Hewitt said.
Hewitt, currently ranked No. 55, won the 2001 US Open and his streak of making seven consecutive quarterfinals and nine straight appearances in New York will come to an end. The fiery Aussie will finish 2008 with a 20-11 record, in which he reached only two quarterfinals and advanced to only the fourth round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Hewitt is optimistic, though, and hopes to be back and ready to play in time for the Australian Open early next year.
"I am looking forward to playing again in January in my home country, and using that as a springboard to compete at my best again on the world stage for at least a couple of more years," Hewitt said.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment