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Lleyton Hewitt to lead Aussie team in Kaohsiung clash

Lleyton Hewitt will lead the Australian team in next month's Davis Cup Asia/Oceania first round tennis tie against Taiwan in Kaohsiung, Tennis Australia said on Wednesday.

The world No. 22 heads a squad including Chris Guccione (91), Alun Jones (137), doubles specialist Paul Hanley (10 in doubles) and Joseph Sirianni (146).

The tie will be played on hardcourt from Feb. 8 to Feb. 10.

Hewitt refused to blame his controversial early hours finish to Marcos Baghdatis for his failure to get past Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the Grand Slam tournament last Monday.

Hewitt was crushed by the young Serb third seed 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 after a curtailed preparation because his Baghdatis match ending at 4:30am on Sunday morning.

"Chris Guccione is in good form and had a great tournament in Sydney. Alun Jones has had some impressive results, Paul Hanley is one of the top doubles players in the world and Joe Sirianni is in the best form of his life," Fitzgerald said.
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