January 14, 2013 05:06 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 10:36 pm IST - MELBOURNE
Former No. 1-ranked Lleyton Hewitt’s record 17th consecutive Australian Open campaign ended in a 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-3 first round loss to eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia on Monday night.
The closest Hewitt has come to ending a drought for local men that dates back to 1976 at the national championship was when he lost the 2005 final to Russia’s Marat Safin.
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