Lleyton Hewitt’s teenage son Cruz suffered another defeat at the Australian Open. The 16-year-old received a wildcard into the qualifying draw but lost his opening match. Cruz then entered the junior event and got to the second round, where he was ousted by the top seed.

Lleyton and Bec Hewitt scored a grand slam of the property kind after a mystery buyer snapped up their glam Insta-worth holiday retreat.

The newly opened Lanson Place Melbourne, near Parliament Gardens, hosted Russian player Anna Blinkova and France’s Varvara Gracheva, while newish Melbourne Place in Russell Street hosted Italian Lorenzo Musetti.

The 16-year-old also made the bold claim he wanted to surpass his father's legacy in Australian tennis and become one of the all-time greats. "I try to focus on the good things that come with it," Cruz Hewitt told Channel 9 of the the pressure that comes with being Lleyton's son.

Tennis trends go back and forth as frequently as the ball in a five-set match. Since French player René Lacoste’s crocodile shirts in 1927, Gussie Moran’s lace knickers at Wimbledon in 1949 and John McEnroe’s ’70s brat style, there have always been sophisticates, provocateurs and rebels.

Lleyton Hewitt has defended his son Cruz, 16, after online comments suggested he was involved in the Australian Open qualifiers due to his famous father.

Cruz Hewitt has been given the toughest possible draw - facing the world junior no.1 Jan Kumstat in the Australian Open boys singles second round. The son of tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt secured a 6-3 6-3 victory over South Korea's MooBeen Kim in the opening round on Saturday - his first-ever victory at Melbourne Park.

Cruz Hewitt won plenty of admirers at the Australian Open on Monday night as he came agonisingly close to taking a set off the World No.1 junior player. The 16-year-old son of Aussie tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt,

The son of Australian tennis great Lleyton Hewitt was unable to back up his milestone ... Cruz Hewitt won plenty of fans at the Australian Open. Picture: Mark Stewart Again dressed in all-yellow ...

Back then, the Australian Open felt like a Grand Slam only by name. The tournament, then hosted at the outgrown facilities in Kooyong, a suburb of Melbourne, offered measly prize money and rankings points,

Dare to dream, Aussie tennis fans. Cruz Hewitt has claimed his first ever win at the Australian Open in his first round of the junior boys’ singles. Hewitt defeated South Korea’s Kim Moobeen 6-3 6-3 in front of a full house on Court 3 on Saturday night.

Cruz Hewitt has claimed his maiden win at Melbourne Park. The son of tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt secured a 6-3 6-3 victory over MooBeen Kim in the opening round of the Australian Open boys' singles draw.