The Hindu : Hewitt struggles

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Thursday, Jun 20, 2002

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Hewitt struggles

DEN BOSCH JUNE 19. Top-seeded Australian Lleyton Hewitt needed two tiebreakers to edge American veteran Michael Chang, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4) in the first round of the ATP Ordina Open grass court on Tuesday.

The results:

Men: Lleyton Hewitt bt Michael Chang 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4); Tommy Robredo bt Martin Lee 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2; Nicolas Escude bt Flavio Saretta 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-1); Michael Kohlmann bt Kirill Ivanov-Smolenski 6-4, 6-0; Ivo Heuberger bt Gilles Muller 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8); Kenneth Carlsen bt Martin Garcia 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Cedric Pioline bt Neville Godwin 5-4 (retd.); Sjeng Schalken bt Jerome Golmard 6-4, 6-4; Guillermo Canas bt Julian Knowle 6-2, 7-5.

Women: Second round: Kim Clijsters bt Andrea Glass 6-3, 6-2.

First round: Eleni Daniilidou bt Tatiana Poutchek 7-6 (7-2), 6-0; Adrianna Serra Zanetti bt Maja Matevzic 7-6 (7-3), 6-4; Magdalena Maleeva bt Martina Muller 6-4, 6-2; Kveta Hrdlickova bt Elise Tamaela 6-2, 6-2; Tina Pisnik bt Meilen Tu 6-0, 3-6, 6-1; Cristina Torrens Valero bt Eva Martincova 6-4, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo bt Angeles Montolio 6-3, 7-5.

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