Hewitt thumped as US take out Hopman Cup

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Hewitt thumped as US win Hopman Cup World number one Serena Williams and partner James Blake have carried the United States to a convincing victory over Australia in the final of the $1 million Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth. Williams scorched to a straight sets victory over Alicia Molik to give the Unite d States a 1-0 lead before Blake upset Australia's top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt to clinch the crown. The pair then completed a clean sweep in the mixed doubles, winning 6-3, 6-2. Blake, ranked 28th, won 6-3, 6-4 in 64 minutes. It was the American's first win over Hewitt in five meetings. Displaying awesome power, Williams outclassed Molik, ranked only 94th, and won 6 -2, 6-3 at the Burswood Dome. "I have gone a little bit better each time I have played here this week," said W illiams, who has won all four singles clashes in convincing fashion. "Yes, I am definitely getting better and better, and I am happy that I have got some useful matches under my belt." Her number one target for the New Year is the Australian Open, starting in just over a week. Williams, returning in blistering fashion, broke the Australian in the opening game of the first set. Holding her own service comfortably, she romped to a 2-0 advantage in the opening five minutes. Steadying, Molik held service in the third to pull back to 1-2. But, after the next three games had gone with service, Williams broke again in the seventh and served out in the eighth to win in a canter in 22 minut es. Williams won every one of her four service games with an ace. In the second set, Molik began promisingly, establishing a 2-1 lead after holding her first two service games. But Williams broke in the fifth, moving to a 3-2 advantage and hanging on to wra p up the set and match. In the men's singles, Blake captured the first set in 33 minutes in a match featuring long, probing rallies. The crucial game was the sixth in which the fast-moving American broke Hewitt's service and hung on. Hewitt began the second set disastrously, dropping service in the opening game. Hewitt unperturbed However, he shrugged off his second successive defeat, saying he was not concerned only just over a week before the Australian Open. The loss came only two days after Hewitt lost in three sets to the Czech Republic's Jiri Novak. "You don't always want to go into Grand Slams playing your best tennis right at the start," Hewitt said. "I know the year I won the US Open (2001) I was not playing my best tennis until I got to the fourth round. "The competitive juices will get working as soon as I get out there (in Melbourne). "You get the smell of a Grand Slam - and I think I will be able to get up for it." Hewitt conceded that his first-serve percentage was still not what he was aiming for. "I felt I have not quite had the rhythm there in the last two matches," he said. "It was there in patches today (against Blake), but it just wasn't consistent enough. "I felt I had a lot of chances out there, but today he played the big points a lot better than I did." Hewitt described Blake, whom he beat in a five-set marathon in last year's US Open, as a good player. "I felt I should have beaten him in straight sets there," Hewitt said. "I wasted a lot of opportunities there, and I felt he had played just as well as he could that day. "He is a tough player - sometimes very hot and cold. He can play extremely well and have off days as well. "Even though I lost to him today in straight sets, I had a lot of opportunities to break serve and get back on serve - but I didn't take them. "My aim now will be to get some rhythm and consistency in readiness for the Australian Open." Hewitt 今天怎麼搞的!?一點戰鬥意志都沒有的樣子... 是不是賽前忘記聽ROCKY主題曲.....:p 不過單打賽後和Blake握手還笑的出來就是ㄌ... http://lleytonhewitt.biz/images/hopman03/usa06.jpg