previous - next - Back to Articles - News main - Home source: www.usopen.org Match report Another Classic Quarterfinal by Erik Boland Thursday, September 6, 2001 In a 3-hour, 40-minute duel which ended at 12:42 a.m. Friday, No. 4 Lleyton Hewitt beat American phenom Andy Roddick 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to his second straight US Open semifinal. While it didn't have quite the excitement of Wednesday night's epic Pete Sampras-Andre Agassi quarterfinal, Thursday's quarterfinal matchup between Roddick and Hewitt wound up with something else -- a fifth set. Hewitt broke Roddick's seemingly unbreakable serve, which sometimes registered as fast as 138 mph, three times Thursday night. Hewitt broke Roddick's serve at 5-4 to win the match. Roddick saw a 10-match winning streak come to an end. Next for Hewitt is a semifinal battle with No. 7 seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Men's Singles - Qtr. Finals - Arthur Ashe 1 2 3 4 5 Lleyton Hewitt AUS 65 6 6 3 4 vs. Andy Roddick USA 77 3 4 6 4 This was the third time this year Hewitt and Roddick went head-to-head. In the quarterfinals of the TMS Miami, Hewitt won the match in two sets. The two met again the third round of the French Open, with Hewitt winning the first two sets and taking the match when Roddick retired in the third set with a pulled hamstring. Hewitt, 20, and Roddick, 19, marked the youngest matchup of US Open quarterfinalist since 1984 when 19-year-old Pat Cash beat 20-year-old Mats Wilander in four sets. Hewitt is attemping to become the first player since Andre Agassi (1989) to lose in the semifinals one year, then make the semifinals a year later. Roddick made his US Open debut last year, losing to Albert Costa in the first round. Roddick failed in his bid to become the first player to win the US Open junior singles title one year and capture the men's title a year later. Stefen Edberg is the only player to win both, capturing the boys title in 1983 and the men's title in 1991 and 1992. |