MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Lleyton Hewitt will end his short retirement to become playing captain for Australia against the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group this weekend.
Davis Cup officials said Hewitt, who retired after a second-round singles loss at the Australian Open in January, will replace Nick Kyrgios, who has a virus.
Hewitt took over as Australia captain at the start of this year.
The draw for the first-round tie on grass at Kooyong was scheduled for Thursday morning, with two opening singles on Friday.
Australia and the United States are meeting for the 46th time but first since the 1999 quarterfinals, when Australia went on to beat France for the title. The U.S. has a leading 32 Davis Cup victories, with Australia second with 28.
