Los Angeles, July 31: Former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt beat American Michael Joyce 6-3 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the 380,000 dollar Los Angeles ATP event.
The 22-year-old Australian was playing for the second straight day against an American in his first tournament since losing in the opening round at Wimbledon.
"I felt I didn't serve that great yesterday so I came out here and tried to work on it," said Hewitt.
Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon winner, started strong yesterday, registering five straight aces in his first two serving games. He finished with 14 aces in the one hour, 11 minute match.
Hewitt suffered a shocking early exit at this year's Wimbledon, losing to Croatian qualifier Ivo Karlovic.



The 30-year-old qualifier Joyce was coming off his first ATP win of the season, a three-set victory over American Jan-Michael Gambill.



Joyce's biggest victory in Los Angeles came in 1995, when he upset then-world no. 1 Jim Courier in the second round.



Germany's Nicolas Kiefer scored the biggest upset of the tournament so far, beating Dutchman Sjeng Schalken 6-4 6-4 on Tuesday.



"It was great win for me," said Kiefer. "I moved good on the court and served well so I think my game is coming around step by step."


Bureau Report