Perth, Jan 2 : Lleyton Hewitt returned to tennis after a break of two-and-a-half months, producing a fighting 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) defeat of Victor Hanescu to pull top seed Australia level at 1-1 with Romania Saturday's opening day of the Hopman Cup.

The 28-year-old former number one, now ranked 22nd, put on his hero performance at the Burswood Dome as he began his fifth appearance at the international mixed competition featuring men's and women's singles and a mixed doubles rubber.

The victory in two and a half hours kept host Australia alive with a deciding mixed doubles to come.

Perth, Dec 29 : Lleyton Hewitt is due to put five weeks of training in Sydney to the test Saturday when the two-time Grand Slam champion begins Australia's campaign at the Hopman Cup mixed team event.

The former number one is to team up with French Open semi-finalist Samantha Stosur as the host nation bids for only its second title at the eight-nation team event.

Australia, the top seeds, begin on the opening day at the Burswood Dome against Romania with Victor Hanescu and teenage talent Sorana Cirstea, ranked 45th on the WTA.

Sydney, Oct 27 : Geoff Pollard's win in Tennis Australia's (TA) presidential election has dismayed the country's no. 1 player Lleyton Hewit, who has called for the voting details to be made public.

Pollard defeated Paul McNamee in Monday's leadership ballot but TA, as per its usual practice, declined to reveal the details of the poll to avert any accusations of foul play.    

"I am disappointed with the decision as I felt it was the right time for change with the leadership," said Hewitt, who was McNamee's highest profile and most vocal supporter during the campaign.    

Kuala Lumpur  - Swede Joachim Johansson showed he is serious about a comeback to tennis from long-running elbow problems as he toppled former number one Lleyton Hewitt in the opening round of the Malaysian Open 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 Tuesday.

The match-up left the Scandinavian with a 2-0 record in the series against Hewitt, the current ATP number 26 who is keen to lift to earn an Australian Open seeding next January.

Johansson, who once set an ace record, was held to 11 untouchable serves, the same as Hewitt, seeded eighth.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Two-time runner-up Lleyton Hewitt led fellow Aussie Chris Guccione to wins Tuesday at the Cincinnati Masters with his upset of Swedish 12th seed Robin Soderling 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4.

Playing after recovering from an elbow injury that had kept him out of Montreal, French Open finalist Soderling was unable to close out against the determined Hewitt.

The two-time Grand Slam champion Australian saved match points in the second-set tiebreaker on his way to turning it around for victory in the third.

Sydney, July 14 : Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt's wife Bec Hewitt has started legal proceedings against women's magazine New Idea for stating that she had a new man in her life, who in fact is her brother.

In the story, that appeared in the April 4, 2009 issue of New Idea, it was alleged that Hewitt had a new man in her life, by the name of Minder Mark, who was described as a former fitness trainer from Dallas, news. co. au reports.

London, June 29 : Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt vowed to come back into the World top 20 ranking, after he cruised into the fourth round of Wimbledon with an impressive third straight-sets win.

Hewitt will now take on Czech Radek Stepanek on Monday for a likely quarter-final against sixth seed Andy Roddick.

“When I look at the guys in the top five, top 10 in the world, I still feel like I''m good enough to be up there. I still feel like I''m good enough to be up there. I think that''s probably the motivation," the Herald Sun quoted Hewitt, as saying.

London - Lleyton Hewitt might soon be expecting a volley from top women players after suggesting that they could not go the distance in a best-of-five-set environment after advancing in his opening match at Wimbledon Tuesday.

"I don't think a lot of them would last five sets," said the 2002 champion at the All England club.

"The training you have to do to last five sets, especially seven best-of-five-set matches, it's a lot more than three-set matches. There would obviously be question marks
(over whether) a lot of them could last that much."

Sydney, June 19 : Former Australian world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt is fired up for Wimbledon after beating world No. 1 Rafael Nadal at an exhibition match in London.

Hewitt won 6-4 6-3 on Thursday, in what was meant to be an informal and relaxed match against the defending Wimbledon champion in west London.

Melbourne, June 10 : Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt''s secret luxury waterfront hideaway in The Bahamas has been bought for 3.8 million dollars, and he is living there wth his wife Bec and two children since February.

Nestled in an exclusive enclave on the island of the capital Nassau, the four-bedroom, four-bathroom property has a two-car carport, top-end kitchen appliances and a rustic private jetty, The Daily Telegraph reports.

The airy family home is part of the elite Old Fort Bay estate, a gated community owned by the Tavistock Group.

London  - Lleyton Hewitt spent a quick 44 minutes in crushing Argentine Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 6-0 to burst out of the blocks in his first grass match of the season, reaching the second round at Queen's Club Monday.

The Australian, a four-time champion in West London at the Wimbledon tune-up event, split the difference with a pair of rapid- fire 22-minute sets against the South American playing only his fifth career grass match.

London - Lleyton Hewitt spent a quick 44 minutes in crushing Argentine Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 6-0 to burst out of the blocks in his first grass match of the season, reaching the second round at Queen's club Monday.

The Australian, a four-time champion in west London at the Wimbledon tune-up event, split the difference with a pair of rapid-fire 22-minute sets against the South American playing only his fifth career grass match.

Bahamas, May 30: Former World No. 1 tennis star, Lleyton Heyton and his wife Bec have set up their overseas base in the Bahamas.

According to reports they have secretly bought a property on the Atlantic Ocean tax haven.

The Herald Sun reports that the couple made the decision to set up their home in the Bahamas in February because of its climate, lifestyle and proximity to the US, where Hewitt plays many of his tournaments.

London  - Father-of-two Lleyton Hewitt has gone to ground in Europe as Tennis Australia and the ITF row over whether a May 8-10 Davis Cup Asian zonal tie should be staged in the Indian city of Chennai.

Last November, up to 150 people died when Islamic extremists attacked luxury hotels and government building in what turned into a firefight.

India says the metropolis is perfectly safe, and the ITF agrees after conducting a security probe. But Tennis Australia is appealing that decision, asking for the tie to be played at a neutral venue.

Indian Wells, California  - Lleyton Hewitt shrugged off hip worries while Andy Murray plans to fight through the after-effects of a virus as play on the ATP side of the Indian Wells Masters got underway on Thursday.

Hewitt, a two-time (2002, 2003) former champion at the desert venue and the 2005 finalist against Roger Federer, ignored the hip niggle which bothered him at weekend Davis Cup in Bangkok as he defeated Czech Jan Hernych 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 to reach the second round.

Melbourne, Feb. 26 : Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is embroiled in a bitter legal fight with his former management company, which has exposed his amazing multi-million dollar endorsements and media deals.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Hewitt has been accused of breaching the Trade Practices Act, reneging on agreements and breaching exclusive contracts.

Hewitt has returned serve with claims against Octagon Inc of misleading and deceptive conduct, unjust enrichment and management incompetence, the Herald Sun reports.

Court documents contain claims that in 2005 and 2006 Hewitt was paid a net total of 6.75 million dollars from endorsements and tournament guarantees.

Melbourne  - Legend Rod Laver worries that Lleyton Hewitt's hip surgery may have robbed the former number one of some of his famed speed around the court.

"He's lost a step or two, mostly because he's had the hip injury," said the last man to win the calendar Grand Slam in 1969. "There's also the fact that you've had a career, won a Wimbledon and the US Open. Now all of a sudden everyone is saying, 'Hey, you're still a young man, you're gonna win an Australian,' or whatever it might be.

Melbourne  - After a lifetime based in Australia,  may be planning a possible move to the US in hopes of extending his tennis career.

Hewitt, 27, wife Bec Cartwright and the couple's two children could be set for a shift of continent within months, according to Melbourne's Herald Sun - all part of a strategy to dispel any notion that the former number one might soon retire after his ranking dropped out of the Top 100.

Hewitt crashed out in the Australian Open first round.

Melbourne - Lleyton Hewitt has vowed to fight on with his career after suffering a heartbreaking early exit at the Australian Open. The 27-year-old is ready to take his game to the American indoor courts next month after losing to Fernando Gonzalez.

With a ranking which will now stand close to 100 for the former number one and double Grand Slam champion, prospects admittedly look grim.

Sydney - Women's seeds stormed through into the quarter-finals as Lleyton Hewitt made a typical fighting debut on Tuesday at the Medibank International.

The four-time champion, who is playing only his second event since hip surgery in August, had to spend two hours in baking summer heat to overcome Julien Benneteau 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.

The unseeded Australian, trying to lift a ranking which has fallen to 71st, fell behind 1-4 in the first set, which Benneteau won. But Hewitt scrambled back into contention to earn the hard-fought win, through 13 winners and seven aces.