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ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships: Lleyton Hewitt to face Ivo Karlovic in final

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia celebrates winning a point during his Wimbledon Singles first round match against Michal Przysiez
Image: Lleyton Hewitt: The veteran set up a meeting with Croatia's Ivo Karlovic

​Former world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt booked his place in the final of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Saturday after defeating American Jack Sock.

Australian Hewitt, 33, came through with a 6-1 6-2 victory in an hour to line up a meeting with Croatia's Ivo Karlovic.

Hewitt has finished as a runner-up at the event in the last two years and the world No 43 will have to see off the 6ft 11in Croat if he is to go one better this time around.

Karlovic progressed after a 6-4 6-4 victory over Australian Samuel Groth in the other semi-final.

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The second seed, who has five ATP World Tour titles to his name, will play in his third final of the season when he takes on Hewitt on Sunday.

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