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Aussie s off to winning start in Adelaide | 00:44Son of a gun Cruz Hewitt will be striving to qualify for his first Australian Open when he takes the court at Melbourne Park on Tuesday morning.The 16-year-old son of Aussie tennis champion Lleyton , will take on former world No. 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first qualifying match .In order to qualify for a maiden Australian Open appearance, Hewitt will need to win three qualifiers across the next three days.
If he achieves that, Hewitt will emulate the deeds of his famous father, who qualified for his first Australian Open just one month before his 16th birthday back in 1997. Hewitt is one of 19 Aussie men and women set to take the court on Tuesday to begin their qualifying campaigns. Another notable name among them is former world No. 17 Bernard Tomic, who will be hoping to cap quite the comeback.Tomic hasn’t featured in the grand slam since being bundled out in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open.FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN OUR LIVE BLOG BELOW! CAN’T SEE IT?
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