The 32-year-old from Adelaide won 78 percent of his first-serve points and had his serve broken just once in the one hour, 47 minute hardcourt match.
Hewitt advances to the quarter-finals where he will face Ivan Dodig of Croatia who beat Ricardas Berankis in three sets, 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.
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