Friday October 19, 2012
Hewitt through to Stockholm quarter-finals
STOCKHOLM: Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt reached his first quarter-final since July when he defeated eighth-seeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-4 at the Stockholm Open on Wednesday.
Former world number one Hewitt dropped serve six times, but capitalised on three of his four break points in the decisive set to improve to a 5-0 record against Nieminen.
The 31-year-old last made the quarter-finals on his way to the Newport championship match in July where he was runner-up to John Isner.
Nieminen was looking to reach the Stockholm quarter-finals for a seventh straight year and eighth time overall. He was a finalist in 2001, 2006 and 2011. — AFP
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