{"id":867223,"date":"2026-08-24T23:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867223\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T23:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:36:11","slug":"tennis-news-2026-cruz-hewitt-defeats-sebastian-gorzny-to-advance-to-round-of-32-at-winston-salem-open-video-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867223\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis news 2026 | Cruz Hewitt defeats Sebastian Gorzny to advance to round of 32 at Winston-Salem Open; video, results"},"content":{"rendered":"

A second-set comeback paved the way for Cruz Hewitt<\/a> to claim his second-ever ATP<\/a> main draw win and book his spot in the round of 32 at the Winston-Salem Open. <\/p>\n

Hewitt struggled in the first set, but turned things around in a tight second before claiming victory 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 over America\u2019s Sebastian Gorzny in North Carolina on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\"Cruz<\/p>\n

Cruz Hewitt celebrates his second-ever ATP main draw victory.\u00a0X\/@WSOpen<\/p>\n

Gorzny, who holds a lowly career-high ranking of world No.782, needed just 27 minutes to dismiss his 17-year-old rival in the first set. <\/p>\n

But the 22-year-old could not replicate his dominance in the second as Hewitt showed the grit his father Lleyton<\/a> was famous for to force a tiebreak, which he won 7-4. <\/p>\n

Hewitt\u2019s powerful service game worked in his favour and caused havoc for Gorzny, who was worn down by a series of lengthy rallies as the match went the distance. <\/p>\n

With the support of his legendary father, who was cheering him on in the stands, Hewitt eventually pushed through and secured his spot in the round of 32.<\/p>\n

Prior to this tournament, Hewitt had only once featured in the main draw at an ATP event once – and he was dismissed by Alex de Minaur in straight sets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hewitt\u2019s next challenge will be British star Arthur Fery, who is in the midst of a career year after a surprise semi-final appearance at Wimbledon<\/a>, where he fell to Alexander Zverev<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While he will enter that match as a rank underdog, Hewitt will collect a tidy $17,000 pay cheque for his time at the tournament. <\/p>\n

Hewitt was not the only Australian who took to the court on Tuesday, with Adam Walton and James Duckworth cruising to a straight set victories.<\/p>\n

Walton, who defeated Jesper de Jong, 6-2, 6-4, will take on third seed Ignacio Buse in the round of 32. Duckworth will face Argentina\u2019s Mariano Navone. <\/p>\n

The Winston-Salem Open is the final ATP tournament before the US Open. Many of the world\u2019s top-ranked stars are not competing in the event, as they rest up for the year\u2019s final major. <\/p>\n

All three Aussies will play on Wednesday morning AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second-set comeback paved the way for Cruz Hewitt to claim his second-ever ATP main draw win and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-867223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}