Hewitt first-round winner at Legg Mason

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Australian Lleyton Hewitt was a first-round winner Monday at the $1.4 million Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

Hewitt, the 2004 champion, defeated American Donald Young, 7-5, 6-2.

Russian Mikhail Youzhny beat American Robert Kendrick 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 and Colombia's Alejandro Falla defeated American Jesse Witten 6-1, 6-4.

Germany's Philipp Petzschner lost the first set, but rebounded to beat Russia's Teimuraz Gabashvili 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and India's Somdev Devvarman beat Japan's Yuichi Sugita 6-0, 7-6 (8-6).

Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan beat Michael Russell of the United States 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, and Canada's Frank Dancevic beat Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-3.