IMG Acquires Mutua Madrid Open, Simona Halep Wins The WTA Shot Of The Year

Amelie Mauresmo was appointed as French Open director after Guy Forget resigned. Mauresmo is the first female to hold this position. (ESPN)

IMG has acquired the Mutua Madrid Open. IMG owns the Miami Open and several other ATP and WTA events. (Madrid Open)

Jurgen Melzer has replaced Stefan Koubek as Austria‘s  Davis Cup captain (Tennis World USA)

Timea Babos will skip the Australian Open because of the tournament’s vaccine requirement rules.

Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an elbow injury (WTA)

Former world number 2 Alex Corretja is confident Daniil Medvedev will be the world number one in the near future (Eurosport)

Stefanos Tsitsipas says his elbow is at 100% after his elbow surgery a few weeks ago (Tennis.com)

Simona Halep wins the WTA Shot of the Year for the second time in her career (WTA)

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With An Eye On Son Cruz’s Career, Lleyton Hewitt Moves Family To The Gold Coast

We now know why Lleyton Hewitt moved his family to the Gold Coast. The Hewitts bought a $4 million home there to provide better training opportunities for their son, Cruz Hewitt. The young Hewitt has been making a name for himself as a junior and many think that he has the potential to have a bigger tennis career than his dad.

Lleyton was impressed by the number of tennis centers along the Gold coast. There are many grass, clay and, hard courts in the area and there are many opportunities to train on multiple surfaces.

Gold coast is also home to the KDV tennis academy, which is based in Carrara. The academy run by Russian businessman Denis Shtengelov. It is understood that Cruz Hewitt will train at the KDV tennis academy as part of its high performance program. The academy is often used by many top players including Ashleigh Barty.

Clay is Cruz Hewitt‘s favorite surface. He won the junior tennis clay-court title in singles and doubles earlier this year. He plays a style of tennis that is reminiscent of the Lleyton Hewitt.

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