Lleyton Hewitt crushed Swedish teenager Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 to help defending champions Australia level their Davis Cup tie after Thomas Enqvist had earlier upset Mark Philippoussis in Adelaide on Friday. Hewitt equalled Adrian Quist’s long-standing Australian record for Davis Cup singles wins when he claimed his 24th career victory to leave the first round World Group encounter delicately poised after the opening day’s singles.
“It (Quist’s record) was in the back of my mind but the main priority was to try and get us back to 1-1,” Hewitt said.
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