Cruz Hewitt has been chosen to make his debut for Australia within the Junior Davis Cup, following within the workforce tennis footsteps of his illustrious dad Lleyton.
Hewitt senior is the captain of the senior Davis Cup squad within the ‘World Cup of tennis’ occasion that has lengthy been one of many favorite elements of his sporting life – and the person who gained the Cup twice as a participant will likely be proud his proficient 15-year-old son is now carrying on the custom.
The New South Wales teen Cruz, the ITF’s 226th ranked junior, will don the inexperienced and gold for the primary time after earlier this yr making his grand slam debut within the Australian Open boys’ singles.
Twenty-seven years after Hewitt senior had grow to be the youngest qualifier to make the Open foremost draw at simply 15, Cruz misplaced on his first look at Melbourne Park.
Hewitt be enjoying alongside 16-year-old West Australian Cameron Burton and 15-year-old South Australian Jeffrey Strydom on the Asia-Oceania qualifying occasion in Kazakhstan from May 20-25.
The high 4 nations within the qualifier will advance to November’s finals.
The workforce will likely be captained by Sandon Stolle, the previous world No.2 doubles participant who was himself the son of a well-known tennis dad, Fred Stolle, the two-time grand slam winner.
“I look forward to taking my first Junior Davis Cup team away and to continue supporting our high performing athletes,” mentioned Stolle, Tennis Australia’s National Development Squad Coach in South Australia.
“It’s a great experience for these young guys to play for Australia and be part of the green and gold history of tennis.”
The competitors is for groups that includes gamers 16-and-under takes place after a qualifier for the equal occasion for women, the Junior Billie Jean King Cup, on the identical Shymkent venue subsequent week.
The Australian Junior BJK Cup workforce is 14-year-old Renee Alame (NSW), Ava Beck (15, Victoria) and Tahlia Kokkinis (15, Queensland) and will likely be captained by Jessica Moore, who performed within the senior competitors for Australia.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
