Melbourne: Former World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis yesterday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the umpire as an "idiot".
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jan/22Lleyton-Hewitt-1.jpg" alt="" /> Lleyton Hewitt. Pic / AFP Photo
The intensely competitive Australian, roared on by a partisan crowd, couldn&rsquo;t live with Spain&rsquo;s David Ferrer and he went down 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to exit what was his final tournament before retiring.
Afterwards Hewitt, wearing a shirt decorated with the Australian flag, was joined on court by his three children while his wife, former soap opera actress Bec, looked on in tears.
"I gave everything I had, like always, and left nothing in the locker room and that&rsquo;s something I can always be proud of," Hewitt told the crowd.
"In my whole career I&rsquo;ve given 100 per cent and I love coming out here and competing." Although Hewitt fought all the way in the second-round match, the feisty two-time Grand Slam winner could not get close enough to the tigerish Ferrer

Former World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis yesterday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the umpire as an "idiot".

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Former World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis yesterday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the umpire as an "idiot".

Australian Lleyton Hewitt retires from tennis after 20 years

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