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Hewitt's son Cruz earns first ATP Tour win in Washington opener
July 28 : Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt's son Cruz continued to impress in his breakout summer on Tuesday, earning his first ATP Tour-level win at the Washington Open at the age of 17 with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Marcos Giron.The first-round victory capped a remarkable month for the Australian youngster, who finished runner-up to American Jordan Lee in the Wimbledon boys' final nearly a quarter of a century after his father triumphed on the famous lawns of London.Cruz, ranked 612 in the world, is a qualifier at the ATP 500 tournament in Washington, where his father won the 2004 title."It's pretty surreal to win here," Cruz said. "Obviously I saw my dad play here. I came to his last tournament I remember. There are so many memories of that. To make it to round two, it's very special
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