Hewitt Cruises Into Los Angeles Final
Hewitt Cruises Into Los Angeles Final
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By Nigel Hunt
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top seed Lleyton Hewitt cruised into the final
of the $380,000 Mercedes-Benz Cup with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Germany's
Nicolas Kiefer Saturday.
The Australian will now meet fellow countryman Mark Philippoussis,
the fifth seed, or seventh-seeded South African Wayne Ferreira.
Hewitt took control of the match from the outset, breaking the unseeded
Kiefer's serve in the first and third games to race into a 3-0 lead.
Kiefer rallied briefly by winning the next two games but lacked the
consistency to serious challenge Hewitt, who pulled away again.
The pair exchanged service breaks early in the second set but Hewitt
was the first player to hold in the fourth game as he took a 3-1 lead.
The rest of the match then went with serve.
"I think I served patchy today, that is probably an area I can still
work on a little bit, but apart from that I had a lot of chances on
nearly every one of his service games," Hewitt told reporters.
WIMBLEDON EXIT
The tournament is Hewitt's first since his disappointing first-round
exit at Wimbledon in June.
The former world number one said he had been training hard, mainly
in Belgium, during the last few weeks.
"Obviously, this is a long stretch through the U.S. Open and I've got
Davis Cup straight after that as well. I've got to try and stay
physically and mentally fresh that whole time so I want to be in as
good a shape as possible for the next six to eight weeks," Hewitt said.
Hewitt is due to play in Australia's Davis Cup semi-final clash with
Switzerland in September.
Kiefer failed to find the form he showed in earlier matches against
third-seeded Dutchman Sjeng Schalken and eighth-seeded American
Vincent Spadea.
"I had many opportunities but I couldn't make them, and I didn't play
consistent enough," Kiefer said. "I felt so good, I was maybe
over-excited.
"If I would have continued like yesterday (against Spadea), just a
little more than yesterday, then I would be much better maybe."
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