Tennis

Henin, Hewitt win at Hopman Cup

Published Jan. 1, 2011 12:45 p.m. ET

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Former top ranked Justine Henin and Lleyton Hewitt have made winning comebacks from injury at the Hopman Cup.

Henin beat Alicia Molik 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday in her first singles match since an elbow injury at Wimbledon in June. The win gave Belgium an early 1-0 lead over Australia.

Hewitt then beat Ruben Bemelmans 6-4, 6-3 to level the tie at 1-1 ahead of the mixed doubles decider between the four players.

Saturday's match was Hewitt's first since September when he also played the left-handed Bemelmans in a Davis Cup match which he won in four sets.

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