WILL HEWITT WINS HIS FIRST RED CLAY COURT

Hewitt is the two-time winner in ATP world champion. He has lot of potential and he is also very close to his 500th career match wins. He is now at 497 and if he wins this title then he will move to 499. There are only two players who has crossed 500 mark in their career and they are Roger Federer (634) and carlos Moya(573).
Hewitt is just one win away from his first ATP World Tour final in more than two years after defeating Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the US Men''''''''s Clay Court Championships in Houston. The Australian has not contested a final since winning his 26th career crown in Las Vegas in 2007.

At the ATP World Tour 250 tournament in Houston, Hewitt is attempting to win the first red clay court title of his career. His lone clay court title came on green clay in Delray Beach in 1999, which was just the second title of his career.

Hewitt next meets rising Russian star Evgeny Korolev, who broke serve six times in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over tough Argentine veteran Guillermo Canas. Korolev was broken when serving for the match at 5-3 but then broke straight back to clinch victory in exactly two hours.