Hewitt Celebrates 1st ATP Title in 4 years, Wawrinka Captures 5th Career ATP Title in Chennai

Hewitt Celebrates 1st ATP Title in 4 years, Wawrinka Captures 5th Career ATP Title in Chennai ATP Brisbane Lleyton Hewitt won his first ATP title in four years against the man he last beat in that ATP final in Halle four years ago, Roger Federer. Hewitt prevailed in Brisbane, 6-1 4-6 6-3 as the classic…

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January 6, 2014

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Hewitt Celebrates 1st ATP Title in 4 years, Wawrinka Captures 5th Career ATP Title in Chennai

ATP Brisbane

Lleyton Hewitt won his first ATP title in four years against the man he last beat in that ATP final in Halle four years ago, Roger Federer. Hewitt prevailed in Brisbane, 6-1 4-6 6-3 as the classic rivals battled it out.

Federer started very poorly and Hewitt rolled in the first before Fed found his game and won the second set. Then, Hewitt took ultimate advantage and finished the match in the third. Hewitt’s first ATP title came some 16 years ago, and the almost 33 year old now has 29 ATP titles.

Hewitt beat Thanasi Kokkinakis, Feliciano Lopez and Marius Copil all in straights. He then won a tough 3 setter against Kei Nishikori, who plays very similar to him in terms of style, in order to reach the final.

Federer looked improved at times in his pre-AO tune up, dispatching Jarkko Nieminen and Marinko Matosevic with ease before needing 3 sets against Jeremy Chardy. In that match, the Swiss maestro served very well but his unforced error counts were and have been an issue when he begins to struggle in matches.

Mariusz Fystenberg/Daniel Nestor teamed up to beat Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah in the doubles final.

ATP Chennai

Chennai Open Official Site

Stanislas Wawrinka was the best player in the Chennai Open field, and he got the job done, winning his fifth career ATP title and second career Chennai title 7-5 6-2 over Edouard Roger-Vasselin. ERV was playing in just his second career ATP final. with his record now falling to 0-2 in those finals. ERV was able to keep things close for a set, but Stan ran away with the match in the end.