The Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt has reached the semi finals of the Brisbane International.
The 32-year-old proved too good for Romanian qualifier Marius Copil, racing to a 6-4 6-2 win in an hour and 11 minutes to continue a start to the year which has now included three straight-set victories at Pat Rafter Arena.
Two years ago, when his foot was in plaster after surgery and his world ranking had plummeted to 186, Hewitt's career was seemingly all but over.
Next up is world number 17 and tournament second seed Kei Nishikori after the Japanese eliminated Croatia's Marin Cilic 6-4 5-7 6-2 in their quarter-final which took two hours and 37 minutes.
