Djokovic tested, but ultimately victorious, against Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt rolled back the years tonight to deliver a typically gutsy display but it was not enough to derail Novak Djokovic’s title defence at the Australian Open.

Hewitt looked down and out at two sets and 3-0 down but he stormed back to take the contest to a fourth set in which the world number one showed battling qualities of his own to edge through 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 in nearly three hours.