'I'D LOVE TO BE THE NEXT ASH BARTY'

Little Lewi is making a racket on the Australian tennis circuit

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When Lewis "Lewi" Murray first picked up a tennis racquet as a toddler, he never dreamed he'd become a role model for Indigenous youngsters, his father and his ancestors.

But the 13-year-old is proudly achieving what his elders were often denied after being awarded age champion at the recent National Indigenous Tennis Carnival in Darwin in front of one of his heroes, 14-time grand slam winner Evonne Goolagong Cawley.