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Ruthless Hewitt Defends Title
Lleyton Hewitt produced his most ruthless performance in an ATP final at
the Pacific Life Open Sunday, beating Gustavo Kuerten 6-1, 6-1 to claim his
19th career singles title and his second Tennis Masters Series shield.
Hewitt, who last year conceded just three games to Tim Henman in the Indian
Wells final, successfully defended a title for the fifth time. The Australian
is the first player to defend the Indian Wells title since Michael Chang in
1996-97.
It was the second time Hewitt has won a title after saving match points
during the tournament (San Jose 2002). In the first round Hewitt saved three
match points (spread across two games) to defeat Younes El Aynaoui. Hewitt
extended his winning streak to 12 matches dating back to his loss to El
Aynaoui in the fourth round of the Australian Open. He is now 15-1 on the
season.
Hewitt, who last week won the Scottsdale singles title and reached the
doubles final, has played 15 matches (11 singles, four doubles) in 14 days.
Hewitt, the two-time defending Tennis Masters Cup champion and two-time
reigning year-end No.1, moves to fourth place in the ATP Champions Race with
165 points, just two points behind Roger Federer. Kuerten moves to fifth
place. Rainer Schuettler, who would have usurped the Race lead from Agassi
had he not lost to Kuerten in the semifinals, remains in second place in the
Race, but has closed to within 10 points of Agassi.
Kuerten became the first non-American to reach the final of all four North
American hard court Tennis Masters Series tournaments. The Brazilian, who
was the year-end No.1 and Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000, was playing
his second match of the day, having resumed his semifinal match against
Rainer Schuettler early in the second set at 9:00 am. Kuerten won that match
6-2, 3-6, 6-2. When Kuerten won his last Tennis Masters Series title in 2001
in Cincinnati, he also played two matches on the final day.
Although Hewitt conceded he entered the final with the advantage of having
completed his semifinal on Saturday, he said he was wary of Kuerten....
"It's always an interesting situation when you have someone coming off
playing this morning and being on cloud nine, making a Masters Series final,
then having to turn around in an hour and a half and have to go out and play
the final.
"But it works both ways. I'd like to go to bed the night before knowing who
I'm going to wake up and play the next day. I was wary. I lost to Pat [Rafter]
in Cincinnati semifinals two years ago and Guga didn't get to play his semi.
He came out and beat Henman five in the third, {then] chopped Pat one and two
in the final. I was very aware that Guga is capable of coming out and playing
another good match."
"My last three matches I got better and better. That's what you've got to do
when you get in the quarters. But it's important to survive those early ones.
I had to survive a couple of scares early. I got through those tough ones and
was able to focus on the bigger matches from then on. Both weeks have gone a
little bit the same. I think I got better from the quarters onwards in
Scottsdale, as well."
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