Todd Woodbridge has publicly backed Cruz Hewitt against claims the talented teenager does not deserve to be at the Australian Open.

Twenty years on from Lleyton Hewitt’s storeyed run to the Australian Open final, his heir apparent Alex de Minaur is charting his own course towards the Promised Land at Melbourne Park.

It was the biggest tinderbox in world tennis. When Australian champion Lleyton Hewitt clashed with his Argentinian foes almost two decades ago, the biggest rivalry in the game spilt way beyond the baseline.

Nick Kyrgios’ Australian Open comeback fell at the first hurdle and now his Davis Cup return after a five-year absence is in doubt after Australian captain Lleyton Hewitt conceded the 29-year-old was “not 100 per cent” sure about his body.

It seems a tennis ambassador can earn much more than Kevin Rudd, Australia’s actual ambassador to the United States.

Almost 20 years on from Lleyton Hewitt’s only appearance in the ... Open champion Sinner upon the Italian’s return to Melbourne Park. That hit drew the ire of Nick Kyrgios, who has been ...

Lleyton Hewitt was involved in a funny moment with Channel 9 colleague John Millman at the Australian Open on Tuesday night, with Millman accusing the Aussie tennis legend of lying. Hewitt was in Alex de Minaur's coaching pod at court-level alongside the Aussie star's head coach Adolfo Gutierrez during his clash with Botic van de Zandschulp.

The numbers are showing how top-ranked Australian Alex de Minaur is living up to his No.8 seeding at Australian Open 2025.

Kokkinakis has been struggling with a pectoral injury for some time, and was forced to withdraw from the Adelaide International last week. He managed to win his first-round singles match at the Australian Open, before suffering a heartbreaking five-set loss in the second round.

Lleyton Hewitt has responded to some of the recent criticism around his son Cruz after fellow Aussie tennis great Todd Woodbridge took aim at the backlash against the 16-year-old at the Australian Open on Tuesday.

Alex de Minaur has responded to Lleyton Hewitt's shock decision to call up Nick Kyrgios ... got through a light practice session at Melbourne Park on Friday morning and was scheduled for another in the afternoon. "I think it's just part of the game ...

A natural born fighter, Lleyton Hewitt never knew just how close he came to knocking out Marat Safin in their epic final at the 2005 Australian Open.