Hewitt knocked out of Australian Open

Lleyton Hewitt crashed out of the 2009 Australian Open in the first round after Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez secured a gruelling 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory in Melbourne today.

Gonzalez, who finished runner up at Melbourne Park in 2007, took three hours and seven minutes to defeat Hewitt at the Rod Laver Arena.