Alex de Minaur has cast aside sentiment to end Cruz Hewitt’s breakout run and storm into the Washington Open quarter-finals. The top seed and defending champion produced a clinical display to defeat the 17-year-old Hewitt - son of former world No.1 Lleyton - 6-2 6-3 in just 61 minutes. De Minaur shared a warm embrace with Hewitt at the net as Lleyton looked on from the stands at Stadium Court. Your email address: Email Us Get the Newsletter By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy“It was definitely weird,” de Minaur said. A Wimbledon boys’ finalist this month, Hewitt has idolised de Minaur while growing up around the David Cup team captained by his father.