Tough draw for Hewitt (Adelaide International)

Hewitt has been handed a tough draw for the season opener. The number-1 seed will play Dudi Sela in the first round. He might face Jose Acasuso in the next match. Hewitt lost to Acasuso in their previous encounter.

Full draw at ATP site.

However, the draw shouldn’t be a problem for Hewitt. He seems to be working very hard for the next season. With Tony Roche in his team, he might come up with added weapons to his game.

Chennai Open Draw

The Chennai Open (one of the three tournaments in the first week of 2008 season) draw was released few hours ago. Top four seded players for this tournament: 1. Nadal   2. Bhagdatis,   3. Moya,    4. Youzny

Full draw at ATP site.

The draw is evenly distributed. The seeded players do not have any significant challenges in the early rounds. Nadal will play the first round match against Frenchman Mathieu Montcourt. Good news for Nadal is that Malisse (who beat Nadal last year in this tournament) is not in his quarter.