Lleyton Hewitt News

Lleyton Hewitt, playing singles for the first time since losing in the Davis Cup last September, beat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic at the Adelaide International on Tuesday after Tipsarevic retired late with a thigh injury. The former top-ranked Australian was leading the round-robin match 6-1, 4-2 when Tipsarevic decided he could not continue. Hewitt, whose last singles match was a five-set loss to Argentina's Jose Acasuso in the Davis Cup semifinals, ...

There won't be too many surprises when Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt square off in a U.S. Open quarter-final scheduled for Wednesday. They've played eight times previously, and Hewitt holds a 6-2 career edge, including 3-0 in Grand Slam matches. One of those was a 2001 quarter-final, in which Roddick lost his temper after a fifth-set overrule by the chair umpire. Hewitt went on to win that U.S. Open on ...

It was a remarkable win what he did against (Marcos) Baghdatis, one of the better players going around the world at the moment. ... It's probably a little bit of a shame that he didn't end up maybe losing a close match to Baghdatis in that atmosphere that was there that evening.

  WASHINGTON (AP) _ Third-seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australia escaped a near upset against American Vince Spadea, advancing to the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with a 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory Wednesday night. ``I felt like it was sometimes tougher winning points on my serve than it was on his serve,'' said Hewitt, the 2004 Legg Mason champion. Spadea also ...

LONDON (AP) _ Former champion Lleyton Hewitt needed just over half an hour Friday to complete a five-set victory and move into the third round of Wimbledon. The sixth-seeded Australian, who won the title here in 2002, had split the first four sets with 102nd-ranked Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea when their match was suspended by darkness Thursday. Returning to ...

LONDON (AP) _ Lleyton Hewitt defeated American James Blake 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to win the grass-court championships at the Queen's Club tournament. The eighth-seeded Australian, who won three straight at the Wimbledon warmup from 2000-2002, joined John McEnroe and Boris Becker as four-time winners. ``This is fantastic. It's just great to get back in the winners' circle,'' said Hewitt, ...