Young guns aim to down stars in Oz

SECOND SEED Roger Federer and home favourite Lleyton Hewitt

Fri, 23 Jan, 2004 - 00:00
Alex Lowe

Federer has not yet dropped a set in the tournament and blitzed past American Jeff Morrison 6-2 6-3 6-4 to set up a third round clash with highly-rated Australian Todd Reid.

Hewitt lost the first set to Karol Kucera but held strong and waited for the unpredictable Slovakian to wilt.

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