Hewitt extends outstanding Stella run

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt has extended his phenomenal Queen's Club record, by beating Igor Andreev 6-3 7-5 for a place in the…

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt has extended his phenomenal Queen's Club record, by beating Igor Andreev 6-3 7-5 for a place in the semi-finals of the Stella Artois Championships.

Three-times former champion Hewitt has now won 21 of his last 22 matches on the west London grass courts and battled past the in-form Russian in 79 minutes.

"He goes for his shots and is playing really well," Hewitt said. "I am pleased to get a shot at another Stella final.

"It doesn't get any easier, though... although I am winning and feeling like I am getting better and better each match."

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Next up for the 2002 Wimbledon champion will be either fellow former world number one Andy Roddick or Paradorn Srichaphan.

Defending champion and top seed Roddick faces the Thai later today.

In the bottom half of the draw Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean - the last man to have beaten Hewitt at Queen's - plays Czech Radek Stepanek and Slovakia's Karol Beck faces Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea.