Hewitt, Henman Set for Artois Championships Collision Course

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Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt could meet British favourite Tim Henman in the third round of the Artois Championships after the draw was made on Saturday afternoon at The Queen’s Club.

With the top eight seeds receiving a bye in the first round, Hewitt, seeded No. 6, will open his title defence against either a qualifier or Kristian Pless, while the unseeded Henman begins his quest for the title against Croatian wild card Marin Cilic.

Top seed Rafael Nadal will begin his grass court campaign against either Juan Martin del Potro – the man Nadal defeated in the first round of the French Open – or former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson.

Nadal is seeded to meet No. 5 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the quarterfinals, with a potential semifinal against either fourth seed Novak Djokovic or former World No. 1 Marat Safin.

In the bottom half of the draw, three-time Artois champion Andy Roddick, the No. 2 seed, will face either Radek Stepanek or Italian veteran Davide Sanguinetti in his opening match, with a potential quarterfinal against either Hewitt or Henman.

British wild cards Alex Bogdanovic and Jamie Baker face Hyung-Taik Lee and Alexander Peya respectively and will meet each other in the second round should they both win.

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