World class tennis stars came to Hong Kong for the second annual BNP Paribas Showdown held as part of World Tennis Day on 3 March at the new Tseung Kwan O Velodrome.
Berdych is the No. 7 ranked player on the ATP World Tour, and 2013 marked his fourth straight Top 10 season. He has won eight career titles and reached the finals 11 other times, including at Wimbledon in 2010. He has helped the Czech Republic to win back-to-back Davis Cup titles.
Hewitt spent 80 weeks ranked No. 1 on the ATP World Tour after becoming the youngest to reach the top spot as a 20-year-old in 2001. He has won 29 career titles, including one in Brisbane to open the 2014 season where he defeated Roger Federer in the final. He has won two Grand Slam titles - 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon. He has been a Grand Slam finalist on two other occasions and has twice been a member of a winning Australian Davis Cup team.
Hewitt won by two sets to nil.