Hewitt is a winner again
Published: April 13, 2009, 12:30 am
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Lleyton Hewitt of Australia held on to win his first tournament in two years Sunday with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Wayne Odesnik of the United States in the U. S. Men’s Clay Court Tennis Championships in Houston.
Hewitt won his 498th career match and moved closer to joining Roger Federer and Carlos Moya as the only active players with 500 or more victories. Hewitt also won his first clay court tournament since Delray Beach (Fla.) in 1999.
Hewitt ranks 35th on the career victories list.
Hewitt sailed to a 3-0 lead in the second set without much opposition from Odesnik, who was in his first ATP final. Odesnik had at least one service break in each of his 10 service games.
Meanwhile, second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak, 6-1, 6-2, to win The MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
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