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PERTH: Former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt made a winning return from hip surgery on Monday but couldn’t prevent Australia’s narrow 2-1 defeat to Germany in the Hopman Cup mixed teams event. Hewitt was impressive in his 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Nicolas Kiefer but the German took his revenge with a thrilling match tie-break win in the decisive mixed doubles encounter 6-7(2), 6-3, 10-5. “It has been close to five months since I played a match and it has been a long time coming,” said Hewitt, 27, after the singles match. “It was a great way to start the year. He is a really tough opponent, it was a matter of me hanging in there and weathering the storm, and in the end I was able to turn the match around,” said Hewitt. The results: Group A: Germany bt Australia 2-1 (Sabine Lisicki bt Casey Dellacqua 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Lleyton Hewitt bt Nicolas Kiefer 6-7, 6-3, 6-2; Sabine Lisicki / Nicolas Kiefer bt Casey Dellacqua / Lleyton Hewitt 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. — Agencies
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