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Hewitt Unretiring Again for Wimbledon Doubles


Have you missed Lleyton Hewitt since he retired? Well, here’s your chance to see the former Wimbledon champ and future tennis Hall of Famer compete again at a Grand Slam.

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The 35-year-old has been given a wild-card entry to play in the doubles tournament at Wimbledon. The 2002 singles champion from Australia will play with 22-year-old World No.91 Jordan Thompson at the tournament.

Hewitt, a former U.S. Open doubles champion (with Max Mirnyi), has reached the 3rd-round at Wimbledon in doubles on three occasions, including his last two appearances in 2014 and 2015.

Hewitt said he was retiring from tennis after this year's Australian Open, but he played doubles for Australia in the Davis Cup in March.

The Aussies are one of six doubles teams that received wild card entry into the main draw, including Kyle Edmund and fellow Brit James Ward, along with 2012 doubles champion Jonathan Marray and Canada's Adil Shamasdin. Hewitt will also be a part of BBC’s tennis commentating team for the event.

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