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4 months ago 27th Jun 23:12
Lleyton Hewitt’s run of good form today on court two as he saw off Philipp Petzschner 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
The former world number one and Wimbledon champion is still on his way back from hip surgery last year but seems to have peaked at just the right time, after a decent run at Queen’s a fortnight before.
And with an army of Aussie supporters Hewitt rolled back the years as he produced some of the form that saw him lift the title back in 2002.
The first set was a tight affair but the tenacious Australian, who wears his heart on his sleeve, battled through to break and take the lead. The second set was even closer as neither player could break the other’s serve.
Into the tie break and it was here where Hewitt really got into his stride as he powered through to take it 7-3 and open up and set to love lead. From there it was plain sailing for him as the resistance from the German fell away as he took the third 6-3.
It wasn’t as straight forward for Andy Roddick as he once gain dropped the third set after opening up a two set lead.
The American who been showing his best for of late in recent weeks faced a tight match from the off as he struggled to shake off Jurgen Melzer.
The first two sets both went to tie breaks and no player could gain some momentum by breaking serve, Roddick comfortably coming through both tie-breakers 7-2.
But once again his level began to drop and Melzer began to grow in confidence. The first break of serve came in the third set as Melzer broke though Roddick’s reliable serve which saw him take the third set and the come back looked on.
But Roddick, with his mind back on the job, snuffed out any hope Melzer had of taking it to a fifth as he once again dominated on serve hitting ace after ace. A first break of serve for the American came in the fourth game of the fourth set and it looked like the American was going to wrap up the match.
But Melzer wasn’t finished as he broke back to once again gave Roddick something to think about. But the American was in no mood to play a fifth and deciding set as he broke Melzer again before serving for the set to win 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-3
A five set thriller unfolded on Court 1 later into the evening as big hitting Chilean Fernando Gonzalez took on former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero, now ranked at seventy.
Gonzalez, Murray’s conquer in Paris, took the first set but Fererro, who is coming back into some really good form, hit back to take the next two.
The fourth was a close encounter but Gonzalez, who had ten break points on the Fererro serve, broke through to take the game to a fifth and final set.
An enthralled Court 1 backed both players as some great serving and some powerful rallies, sprinkled with some outrageous shot making, made this match one of the best so far.
But Fererro had the upper hand serving first in the set and as Gonzalez served to stay ain the match his confidence deserted him as Fererro battled to a match point. But it was to be a disappointing end to the match as a double fault from the Chilean handed the Spaniard the win.
Nikolay Davydenko was the shock departure of the day as he fell to Tomas Berdych in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-2, despite winning all eight of the pair’s previous matches.
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