PARIS: Lleyton Hewitt scratched and clawed his way into the third round of the French Open yesterday, drawing a warning for an audible obscenity as he beat renegade Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
Hewitt seemed mad at the world – his racquet stringer included – as he fussed and fiddled with some of the dozen sticks he brought to the clay court for what turned into a three-hour, 30-minute stress test.
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