Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt is all set to make a temporary return to the tennis court in next month's season-opening Australian Open. The 36-year-old officially bid adieu to the sport after his home Grand Slam at the Melbourne Park in 2016. He, however, made a return to the tennis court twice more last year in Davis Cup for Australia and at Wimbledon. And now he is once again planning to come out of retirement and 'give it a real crack' with compatriot Sam Groth in the men's doubles event of the first major of the season.

Lleyton Hewitt. Pic/AFP