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Hewitt cruises into second round
Lleyton Hewitt eased into the second round at Wimbledon with a straight sets victory over Robby Ginepri of the United States on Tuesday.
The Australian took an hour and 31 minutes to dispatch his first-round opponent 6-4 6-1 6-1.
He next faces No.5 seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, who also had an easy first-round victory, [...]
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Rory said | June 24th 2009 @ 9:03am | Report comment
Don’t know if Del Potro can spend all day bending down to hit balls of his shoe laces – but that’s what he’ll need to do to beat Hewitt. Could be a big story coming from Hewitt.
Rory said | June 24th 2009 @ 9:03am | Report comment
Don’t know if Del Potro can spend all day bending down to hit balls off his shoe laces – but that’s what he’ll need to do to beat Hewitt. Could be a big story coming from Hewitt.