WASHINGTON: Olympic absentee Lleyton Hewitt began his warm-up to the US Open by cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 opening-round victory over Dane Kenneth Carlsen on Monday at the US$500,000 Washington Open.
The Australian, seeded second behind Andre Agassi – winner over Hewitt a week ago for the title at Cincinnati – kick-started his run to the New York Grand Slam starting Aug 30 as he reached the second round over Carlsen, now three times a loser against the former world number one.
