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 | Hewitt and Blake will participate in the U.S. Open16-08-2012 |
The Australian Lleyton Hewitt will be part of the U.S. Open tennis. The champion in 2001 and the representative of the hosts James Blake got "wild card" and can participate in the last tournament for the year of the chain "Grand Slam".
On Monday, Hewitt won with 6:4 6:4 Mikhail Youzhny at the tournament in Cincinnati, played on a hard surface. At the Olympic Games in London, the Australian tennis player reached the second round, but was eliminated from Novak Djokovic. In July Lleyton Hewitt played in the final of the tournament in Newport.
James Blake is on 106 place in the world rankings and reached the quarterfinals of the Open Washington earlier this month.
US Open starts on August 27 and ends on September 9.