Cruz Hewitt earns first ATP Tour win in style
Seventeen-year-old Cruz Hewitt earned his first ATP Tour win when he defeated Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Mubadala DC Open.
Hewitt is the youngest player to win a match at the Washington tournament since Kei Nishikori in 2007. Nishikori, now 36, won his first-round clash at the event Tuesday.
Hewitt is the son of ATP No. 1 Club member Lleyton Hewitt, who claimed his first tour-level victory as a 16 year-old in January 1998 in Adelaide, where he ultimately lifted the trophy. The only other No. 1 Club member with a son who has won an ATP Tour match is Bjorn Borg (Leo Borg).
The teen crushed a final forehand winner to eliminate Giron and celebrated with a “vicht”, which his father used during his career.
Hewitt won 83 per cent of his first-serve points and did not face a break point.
