Re: [情報] 明天的單打賽程 (2nd round)
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: Lleyton Hewitt (1) def. Wayne Ferreira, 7-5, 6-1
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Hewitt to face Corretja
BBC Sport
Franklin Templeton Classic, Scottsdale
Lleyton Hewitt continued his trouble-free progress with a straight
sets win over Australian Open semi-finalist Wayne Ferreira.
Hewitt, playing his first tournament since helping Australia to a
Davis Cup win over Great Britain four weeks ago, edged a closely-fought
first set 7-5.
But the veteran South African veteran had no answer to the world number
one in the second set and Hewitt won it easily 6-1.
The world number one will play sixth seed Alex Corretja in the
quarter-finals after the Spaniard defeated Arnaud di Pasquale
7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-1.
Hewitt and Corretja have played five times, with the Spaniard
surprisingly leading the series 3-2.
But all three of those wins came on the former French Open finalist's
favourite surface of clay.
Hewitt, whose last tournament was the Australian Open, said he was
pleased with his win over Ferreira.
"We were both holding well early, but he didn't make as many returns
as he would have liked," he said.
"But at four-all, my serve picked up. I was able to take my game
to another level. I had a tight first set, but a good start in the second."
Corretja, a quarter-finalist in Scottsdale when Hewitt won in 2000, won
back-to-back matches for the first time in nearly six months.
"I need long matches, and I knew this would be one," he said.
"It's not easy for me now to keep focus for two-and-a-half hours.
Ups and downs are normal - I'm looking forward to testing my game against
Lleyton."
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Hewitt reaches quarterfinals
From the Sports Desk
Published 3/6/2003 9:09 PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt banged
out a 7-5, 6-1 victory over South African Wayne Ferreira on Thursday
to advance to the quarterfinals of the Franklin Templeton Classic.
Hewitt has played a light schedule this season, reaching the
quarterfinals at the Australian Open before playing a Davis Cup
tie for Australia against Britain nearly a month ago. However,
he is ready to get back in the winner's circle in the desert
beginnings a stretch of major events at Indian Wells and Key Biscayne.
"I think anytime you get through in straight sets, it's nice,"
said Hewitt who improved to 6-1 this year after a 70-minute sweep
of the 1996 champion.
"You have the rest of the day off and get to prepare for the quarterfinals
tomorrow. Counting today, you have to win four matches in a row to win the
tournament. So you have one down and three to go."
If Hewitt is to stay the weekend and claim his second title here,
he must get past former World No. 2 Alex Corretja. The sixth-seeded
Spaniard bounced Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale, 7-6 (5) 3-6, 6-1,
earlier in the day.
"It's always going to be a tough match," Hewitt said. "No matter
what surface you play Alex on, he's not going to give you an easy
match on anything.
"Obviously, clay is his favorite surface, then hardcourt and grass.
He's won Indian Wells before, he's beaten a lot of top players on
hardcourt as well. I'm going to go out there and be very wary of how
good he is and try to step up my notch another level from today."
Like Hewitt, Corretja has played a light schedule this year. He
suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and Rotterdam
before breaking through against Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov.
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