Hewitt bows out in Adelaide

Two-time former champion Lleyton Hewitt was knocked out of the ATP Next Generation Adelaide International on Thursday after losing his round-robin encounter with Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn in three sets.

Kunitsyn, who enjoyed a straight-sets win over Martin Vassallo Arguello on Wednesday, lost the first set on Thursday but bounced back to overcome the 1998 and 2000 tournament winner 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 in seven minutes short of three hours.