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Darren Walton

DARK SECRETS: Hewitt backs de minaur to hit back hard in new york | Rare Historical Photos

Lleyton Hewitt (L) believes the returning Alex de Minaur (R) can make a deep run at the US Open. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Lleyton Hewitt is backing "kid in a hurry" Alex de Minaur to swiftly rebound from yet more injury despair and make another deep US Open run in New York.

Just as he hit a career-high No.6 in the world, de Minaur was forced to withdraw from a scheduled Wimbledon quarter-final showdown with Novak Djokovic and then sit out a second straight Olympic Games.

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