Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt and his wife Bec Cartwright had a baby daughter on Tuesday.
With Australia's number one Alex De Minaur opting out of the tie in Quito, the 28-times champions crashed out when Rinky Hijikata and Jordan Thompson were beaten 7-6(5) 6-4 by Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo in the decisive doubles rubber.
India's Niki Poonacha and his Thai partner Pruchya Isaro exited the men's doubles event at the Australian Open after suffering a narrow straight sets defeat against Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar in the first-round, in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The Opening Ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 17, at Rod Laver Arena. The Australian Open main draw begins on January 18.
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Belgium's Kim Clijsters's romance with Australian Lleyton Hewitt is over and they will not be getting married in February as planned.
Twice Grand Slam champion Hewitt said last month that he had banned Tomic from playing in the Davis Cup and cut all ties with the player after receiving physical threats against himself and his family from his compatriot, including blackmail.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt is to come out of retirement temporarily and play doubles with compatriot Sam Groth at next month's Australian Open.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt dispatched Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 6-1 to clinch his place in the Masters Cup semi-finals.
Glynn Hewitt says his son had been unfairly criticised after his first-round loss at Wimbledon to Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
It was a dream opening day for the local fans as seven British players made it to the second round -- the most singles wins for the home nation in a single day at Wimbledon in the professional era.
Lleyton Hewitt waved goodbye to the US Open on Thursday, the tenacious Australian dragged kicking and screaming to the Flushing Meadows exit by countryman Bernard Tomic.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt launched his American hardcourt season by defeating Donald Young 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the $1.4 million Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Monday.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has flagged his retirement after a record 20th campaign at his home Australian Open next year.
The Wimbledon champion began legal action against the ATP, challenging the fine imposed on him for failing to show for an interview.
The Swiss ace will play David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt delighted his home fans when he battled to a typically gutsy 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Swiss top seed Roger Federer in the Brisbane International final on Sunday.
Hewitt has been reeled in as replacement for unwell Nick Kyrgios
Second seed and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt was beaten by Frenchman Julien Benneteau to cap a day of surprises at the Las Vegas Open.
The Australian hired Roger Federer's former coach Tony Roche to try and help him get back to the top of world tennis.
Sixth seed Andy Roddick brought former champion Lleyton Hewitt's fine Wimbledon run to an end on Wednesday with an energy-sapping 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 quarter-final victory on Court One.
The top seed advanced to the final of the Tennis Channel Open with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over Paul Goldstein
The defending champion was beaten by qualifier Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the first round at Wimbledon.
The Australian proposed to actress Bec Cartwright after losing Sunday's final to Russian Marat Safin.
The world No. 1 needed just 85 minutes to defeat Mark Philippoussis in the final.
The former world number one staged a remarkable comeback in the second round of the Hamburg Masters.
Lleyton Hewitt beat Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Montreal Masters.
Lleyton Hewitt said he was eager to represent Australia at this year's Olympic Games in Beijing.
Lleyton Hewitt returned to his old stomping ground at Wimbledon's Centre Court on Thursday to score the biggest upset in the men's draw so far with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 win over fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro.
The World No. 1 tennis player edged out swimmer Ian Thorpe for the men's athlete of the year award.
The world No. 1 faces a possible fine for not attending the team news conference ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Britain.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
An emotional Lleyton Hewitt staved off retirement for at least one more match by beating countryman James Duckworth 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Fernando Verdasco fought off a valiant effort by former world number one Lleyton Hewitt to help Spain get a 2-1 win over hosts Australia in the Hopman Cup on Sunday.
"I'm extremely happy with my early Christmas present," said 20-year-old Belgian Clijsters.\n\n
Former champion Lleyton Hewitt and Belgium's David Goffin, the lucky loser who took a set off Roger Federer at the French Open, have been given wild cards for this year's Wimbledon tennis championships.
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