2009: 27th career title and return to Top 20 Lleyton Hewitt

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lleyton hewitt @ 2009 wimbledon championships



hewitt @ 2009 open


in 2009 wimbledon championships, hewitt faced prospect of rafael nadal in second round. however, nadal withdrew due injury, , slot replaced world no. 5 juan martín del potro. hewitt defeated american robby ginepri in first round. hewitt used strong service game advantage, losing 1 service game entire match. upended del potro in straight sets. third round produced straight-set victory hewitt, defeated philipp petzschner. reversed two-set deficit defeat radek Štěpánek in fourth round. classic hewitt fightback thrill many australians on hand witness match. cinderella run ended in quarterfinals against sixth seed andy roddick. five-set thriller featured 2 tiebreaks. hewitt lost heartbreaking 3–6, 7–6 (10), 6–7 (1), 6–4, 4–6 match. first time lleyton had reached quarterfinals of major since 2006 u.s. open.


after extended break, hewitt began working way u.s open series playing in washington @ legg mason classic. there hewitt made third round, before losing in three-set battle juan martín del potro. @ montreal masters, hewitt lost in first round former world no. 1, juan carlos ferrero. cincinnati saw hewitt reach quarterfinals sixth time, lost roger federer in straight sets. during first round of tournament, hewitt showed trademark fighting abilities saving 2 match points win against in-form robin söderling. @ u.s open, hewitt progressed third round, played federer 23rd time of decade-long rivalry. hewitt managed take first set 6–4 federer, before 15-time grand slam champion took control of second. third set tight, , both players saved multiple break points. federer prevailed match in 4 sets.


in late september, hewitt travelled malaysia first time take part in inaugural malaysian open held in kuala lumpur. new tournament part of atp s new dedicated asian swing. hewitt lost in first round swedish player joachim johansson. in tokyo, hewitt drawn once again meet del potro in quarterfinals, given clear path when del potro knocked out qualifier Édouard roger-vasselin in first round. after defeating fabrice santoro in second round, hewitt downed roger-vasselin, reach first semifinals since winning men s clay court championships in april, lost mikhail youzhny. competed in 2009 shanghai atp masters 1000, won in first round, defeating john isner, before losing gaël monfils.








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