Hewitt to make Kooyong debut Kooyong,19 October 2010 Lleyton Hewitt will make his first appearance at a Kooyong Classic next year in the build-up to the Australian Open. The former world No.1, currently recovering from a wrist injury suffered in Australia's Davis Cup loss to Belgium in Cairns last month, confirmed on Tuesday that he will appear at the January 12-15 tournament. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale said the two-time grand slam champion was hoping to have recovered sufficiently from his injury to start hitting balls next month. Drysdale added that despite an injury-plagued 12 months, 29-year-old Hewitt still had the competitive fire to play at the top level for at least another couple of years. Other players who have been confirmed as Kooyong starters will be Tomas Berdych, Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando Verdasco, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils. Kooyong regular Roger Federer is yet to be confirmed while discussions with world No.1 Rafael Nadal are ongoing. Hewitt will play in the Hopman Cup in Perth before heading to Melbourne to complete his Australian Open preparations at the Kooyong event. 澳洲前球王修伊特，将在隔年参加墨尔本的库扬经典赛，为澳网参赛热身，他在上个月 的台维斯盃，与比利时交战一役後，就开始为手伤所苦，因此退出了整个亚洲区赛季， 本周二已确定他将现身於明年1/12~1/15的表演赛。 他的经纪人－David Drysdale表示，修伊特已经获得充足的休养，在下个月就能上场开 始进行练习了。他认为尽管修伊特长期受手伤困扰，但29岁的他，在高级赛事仍具有竞 争力，至少这种状态，能持续两年以上。 其他确定参赛的选手包括Tomas　Berdych、Mikhail Youzhny、 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga和 Gael　Monfils。 而另一位库扬经典赛的常客－瑞士前球王Roger Federer，至今尚未表明是否参与表演赛 ，另外赛会也正与现任球王Rafael Nadal讨论出席事宜。 修伊特在为澳网热身，参与库扬赛之前，会先代表澳洲，於伯斯的霍普曼盃之役参战。 --

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