Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has decided not to represent Australia at next year’s Olympic Games as the event takes place too soon before the US Open.
The tennis tournament in Athens is staged between August 15-22, finishing exactly a week before the final grand slam of the season at Flushing Meadows, New York.
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