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Hewitt does it — in style

SYDNEY: Australian tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt and his pregnant soap star fiancee Bec Cartwright (in pictures) completed their love match on Thursday — tying the knot in a lavish ceremony at the landmark Sydney Opera House.

Former Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Hewitt, the world's No. 2-ranked tennis player, proposed to Cartwright — a longtime cast member of the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" — just hours after losing the Australian Open final to Russian Marat Safin at Melbourne Park in January.

The couple had been dating for six weeks before Hewitt proposed. Hewitt, 24, had been engaged to Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters until last October.

Hewitt and Cartwright, 21, have bought a multimillion dollar home on one of Sydney's northern beaches and are expecting their first child later this year.

Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Opera House, missed seeing the couple, as Hewitt and Cartwright arrived separately and were driven directly into the building. — AP

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