Hewitt extends final bow at site of his first Slam win

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt has at least one more match to play on the US Open hard courts, where he became a Grand Slam champion.

The 34-year-old wild card, who will retire after January's Australian Open, advanced to the second round on Tuesday at Flushing Meadows with a 6-0, 7-6 (2), 1-0 victory when Kazakh rival Aleksandr Nedovyesov retired after receiving right shoulder treatment.

That puts Hewitt up against 24th-seeded countryman Bernard Tomic on Thursday in what could be the final match of his penultimate Grand Slam event.