[韓曼] Henman ends Hewitt jinx in Miami
Last Updated: Saturday, 25 March 2006, 18:16 GMT
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Henman ends Hewitt jinx in Miami
Tim Henman ended his six-year losing streak against Lleyton Hewitt with
a stunning 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 victory at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami on Saturday.
Henman, 31, claimed his first win in nine meetings with the Australian
and will face Simon Greul in the last 32.
But fellow Briton Greg Rusedski suffered a battling 6-4 6-4 defeat to
Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela.
Meanwhile, Swiss Roger Federer began his title defence with a
6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 win against Arnaud Clement.
"It looked like the match could have been over very quickly but he hung in
there and played well," said Federer, who dropped seven straight points in
the tie-break.
His victory enabled him to equal former world number one Pete Sampras'
19-match Masters Series winning streak, having started his run in Hamburg
last year.
Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty was upset 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 by Greul of Germany and
Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean was beaten 3-6 7-6 (8-6) by Spaniard Feliciano
Lopez.
Tim is definitely one of the tougher non-seeded players
Lleyton Hewitt
Hewitt saved five set points in the opening set before Henman floated a
backhand winner down the line.
And the Briton took a 4-1 lead in the second before clinching victory
with a volley winner.
Success was sweet for British number three Henman, who has racked up
back-to-back victories over former world number ones after defeating Marat
Safin in the first round.
"I played a good match," he said.
"I think my match against Safin was much cleaner and of probably a higher
quality but this was a case of different conditions against a different
opponent. This was more satisfying."
Greg Rusedski could not find his way past Juan Ignacio Chela
The shock result leaves Hewitt, the Australian 13th seed, struggling to
find his touch as he dropped to 13-7 for the season.
Since losing to American James Blake in the Las Vegas final earlier this
month, Hewitt has won only one match.
He said: "The guys that come through the first round are obviously doing
something pretty well to beat other reasonable players.
"Tim is definitely one of the tougher non-seeded players."
Henman, ranked 56th, first took on Hewitt in 2000 at Scottsdale where he
lost 6-4 7-6.
Rusedski was unable to equal his compatriot's feat, slipping to a
straight-sets loss against Chela.
The British number three battled from 2-0 down to take a 3-2 lead in the
first set, but Chela recovered to level the scores and then stepped up a gear
to make it 4-3 before eventually serving out for the set.
The Argentine then broke Rusedski in the fifth game of the second set
and went on to secure the match.
In other second-round action, fourth seed Andy Roddick of America beat
Alberto Martin of Spain 6-3 6-1, and ninth seed Blake embarrassed
Argentina's Carlos Berlocq 6-0 6-0
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