Cruz Hewitt has vowed to blossom again at Wimbledon as he brushed off the heartbreak of just failing to follow in the celebrated footsteps of his father, 24 years after Lleyton won the men's title.
With dad watching on and cajoling him from the players' box on No.1 Court, the 17-year-old Sydney prospect Hewitt fell agonisingly short in the boys' final on Sunday after he had led 4-2 in the final set against talented young American prospect Jordan Lee.
Hewitt had looked on the verge of becoming Australia's first winner of the junior men's tournament for 15 years since Luke Saville, but qualifier Lee, at 16 the youngest boy in the event, stormed back, coming from a set down in a thrilling roller-coaster contest 4-6 6-4 7-5.
