TENNIS: World number one Lleyton Hewitt earned a psychological boost before next week's French Open by breaking a four-match losing streak against Carlos Moya at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf yesterday.
Hewitt matched Moya from the baseline to claim a 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory and put his team ahead against Spain in the Red Group.
But his joy was short-lived as Alex Corretja beat Wayne Arthurs to level the scores before Spain won the deciding doubles to clinch a 2-1 victory.
Spain's first win this week was too late to prevent them going out of the tournament as the Czech Republic reached Saturday's final by coming from behind to beat the USA 2-1 and top the Red Group with three wins and no defeats.
The Czechs will now face either Argentina or Chile, who meet on Friday to decide the winners of the Blue Group.
Anna Kournikova and Richard Krajicek have withdrawn from next week's French Open.
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