Retirement is a dirty word for Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, and he can't wait to launch his summer campaign on Saturday at the Hopman Cup in Perth after reviving his career in 2009 under former junior doubles partner Nathan Healey.
Indian Davis Cupper Somdev Devvarman squandered a set lead en route to a first-round loss in the ATP Challenger Series' tournament in Calabasas, US. He went down 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 to local favourite Alex Bogomolov.
India's Somdev Devvarman and his Australian partner Nathan Healey stretched their impressive run in the US $ 50,000 Calabasas Challenger event, advancing to the semi-finals after beating Prakash Amritraj and Alex Kuznetsov in California. Somdev and Healey, who entered the event as qualifiers, beat the Indo-American pair 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 in the quarter-finals.
The 2004 French Open finalist withdrew from the Grand Slam with an elbow injury
The Indo-Czech pair downed Australia's Nathan Healey and Robert Smeets 6-4, 6-2.
Paes and Damm beat Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3 at the Australian Open on Thursday.
Prakash Amritraj will next face Kristian Pless of Austria in the quarter-finals of the Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships.
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