NEWPORT: Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, Lleyton Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame here on Saturday.
Surrounded by family and friends in Newport, the Australian relived his growth from a boy with a dream in Adelaide to one of tennis' greatest champions in recent memory.
"The Hall of Fame seemed like something that was so far away from me ever being part of," Hewitt said during the induction ceremony.
"It was never something I ever thought about as a player, and it was always, I thought, for the people that were my idols growing up and the absolute legends of the sport."
In a stirring induction speech, the 41-year-old took fans from around the world through his journey to the podium in Rhode Island. When Hewitt was a boy, his favourite sport was AFL football, which was played by members of his family, including his father, Glynn Hewitt. IANS
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