Hewitt powers through

14 April 2012

Lleyton Hewitt eased past Frenchman Olivier Mutis 7-6, 6-1 to reach round two of tennis's TD Waterhouse Cup, at Long Island, New York.

The world No5 from Australia, who won last week's Washington Classic and is the highest-ranked player left in the field after the withdrawal of top seed Andre Agassi, was joined in the last 16 by defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan.

Seventh seed Thomas Johansson of Sweden also progressed but there was a surprise defeat for sixth seed Mario Ancic.

The Croat, a Wimbledon semi-finalist this year, lost 6-1, 6-4 to Russian Dmitry Tursunov.

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