Hewitt’s worth the wait

Top seed Lleyton Hewitt had to wait more than five and a half hours to get on court but rapidly made up the time as he despatched little-known Austrian Julian Knowle in contemptuous fashion.

Hewitt’s worth the wait

Top seed Lleyton Hewitt had to wait more than five and a half hours to get on court but rapidly made up the time as he despatched little-known Austrian Julian Knowle in contemptuous fashion.

The razor-sharp Aussie produced an awesome show of power and precision against an outclassed opponent with a quickfire 6-2 6-1 6-3 victory that earns him a fourth-round meeting with another unseeded player, Russian Mikhail Youzhny.

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