Hewitt may not defend Davis Cup against Argentina

This has been going on for awhile now - Lleyton Hewitt has come up with a laundry list of complaints about playing for Australia in the upcoming Davis Cup match in Argentina. The complaints have included security concerns, which were addressed by Australia - they agreed to provide Hewitt with extra security. And now this...

LLEYTON Hewitt has entered a tournament in Thailand starting the day after the end of the Davis Cup semi-final in Argentina, casting renewed doubt over his commitment to spearheading Australia at the tie.

The Bangkok tournament starting on September 25 and another the following week in Tokyo figure on Hewitt's event entry list with the Association of Tennis Professionals.
Hewitt refused last Saturday to discuss whether he would play in the Davis Cup tie even though he and his management first raised four months ago his concerns that his personal safety might be in danger from Argentine crowds.

Players can withdraw from ATP tournaments, but the formal entries to a two-week block of events in Asia after the Argentine tie came well after Australia qualified in April for the Davis Cup semi-finals.

The ATP closes entries six weeks before tournaments.

Hewitt's manager Rob Aivataglou said last night the Bangkok tournament was the subject of a commitment by the former world No. 1 made last year.

When he entered for Tokyo he was not suffering from the knee patella tendinitis which overshadows his US Open campaign. Courier Mail

Yet another reason to dislike Hewitt.