Hewitt cruises into second round

LLEYTON HEWITT breezed into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over American Amer Delic yesterday.

Hewitt cruises into second round

Hewitt, seeded 16, needed just 97 minutes to sweep past Delic in a 6-2 6-4 6-2 win, claiming an impressive 37 out of 39 points on his first serve.

Meanwhile Novak Djokovic’s impressive summer on hard courts continued in style. Third seed Djokovic, who swept to the ATP Masters Series title in Montreal earlier this month by beating Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in successive rounds, only had lucky loser Robin Haase of the Netherlands to deal with at Flushing Meadows.

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