Cruz Hewitt has been decided on to manufacture his debut for Australia within the Youthful Davis Cup, following within the crew tennis footsteps of his illustrious dad Lleyton.
Hewitt senior is the captain of the senior Davis Cup squad within the ‘International Cup of tennis’ tournament that has lengthy been some of the favorite portions of his carrying year – and the person who gained the Cup two times as a participant will probably be proud his gifted 15-year-old son is now sporting at the custom.
The Unutilized South Wales teenager Cruz, the ITF’s 226th ranked young, will don the golf green and gold for the primary week nearest previous this yr making his lavish slam debut within the Australian Viewable boys’ singles.
Twenty-seven years nearest Hewitt senior had develop into the youngest qualifier to manufacture the Viewable primary draw at simply 15, Cruz misplaced on his first look at Melbourne Soil.
Hewitt be taking part in along 16-year-old West Australian Cameron Burton and 15-year-old South Australian Jeffrey Strydom on the Asia-Oceania qualifying tournament in Kazakhstan from Might 20-25.
The govern 4 international locations within the qualifier will travel to November’s finals.
The crew will probably be captained by means of Sandon Stolle, the previous global Deny.2 doubles participant who was once himself the son of a well-known tennis dad, Fred Stolle, the two-time lavish 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 Nationwide Building Squad Lecturer 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 contest is for groups that includes avid gamers 16-and-under takes park nearest a qualifier for the an identical tournament for women, the Youthful Billie Jean King Cup, on the identical Shymkent venue nearest generation.
The Australian Youthful BJK Cup crew is 14-year-old Renee Alame (NSW), Ava Beck (15, Victoria) and Tahlia Kokkinis (15, Queensland) and will probably be captained by means of Jessica Moore, who performed within the senior pageant for Australia.
