Hewitt ends title drought

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt ended a two-year title drought on Sunday with a victory over Wayne Odesknik in the final of the US Clay Court Championship.
Australia's Hewitt defeated the American 6-2, 7-5 to claim his 28th ATP title - just his second on clay.
Hewitt hadn't won a title since March 2007, when he triumphed in Las Vegas.
Until a winless 2008, Hewitt had won at least one ATP title for 10 straight years.
"This is what all the hard work is for, to play weeks like this and have this kind of feeling at the end," said Hewitt, who is working his way back from left hip surgery last August. "It makes going through the surgery and all the hard work worth it. It's good stuff."
After taking the opening set, Hewitt quickly went up two breaks in the second, but Odesnik, playing in his first ATP final, won the next five games.
However, Hewitt wouldn't let Odesnik level the match, winning the last four games to secure the victory.
"Clay is a tough surface to close players out," Hewitt said. "I was playing great tennis up to that point, but he's a tough player and he doesn't give you any cheap points out there. He makes you work for all of them. I felt I was able to put pressure on him up to that stage.
"Even though he got back in that second set every game he won, I had game points. It could easily have been 6-1 in the second set."
Hewitt has now won 499-169 matches on the men's tour, and could notch his 500th match win at this week's Monte Carlo Masters, where he has received a wild card entry.
He has drawn a first-round meeting with another former world number one, Russian Marat Safin.
Roger Federer and Carlos Moya are the only active players with 500 or more match wins.
Rain delayed the start of the match for an hour and a half, and Hewitt said he was going to be hard-pressed to get to Monte Carlo on schedule.
"I might miss the flight now," he said. "It's going to be hard now but this is the why I can here, to win the tournament. Obviously playing Monte Carlo is a bonus but right now my focus has been on winning this tournament. Now I'll start worrying about next week."
Certainly the victory left Hewitt eager to tackle the clay courts of Europe.
"It's a big day to win a claycourt event," he said. "I feel every year I'm getting better on clay. Now I'm looking really forward to the French Open. With a good draw I think I can do some damage there."