His only loss was to Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

BBC: Hewitt powers past Kuerten

Emerging French star Richard Gasquet also progressed with a 7-6 6-3 victory over Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco.

BBC: Safin, Ferrero ease through

El Aynaoui's defeat means none of the top three seeds have made it past the second round in Milan.

BBC: El Aynaoui falls in Milan

Hewitt lost to El Aynaoui at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, and was close to another defeat in Indian Wells.

BBC: Hewitt back from the brink

Another boost for Rusedski was the defeat of Germany's Alexander Waske , his first-round opponent at next week's Wimbledon, by Younes El Aynaoui .

BBC: Rusedski storms through

Younes El Aynaoui came back down to earth after his Australian Open heroics as he was knocked out by Italian veteran Andrea Gaudenzi in Milan.

BBC: El Aynaoui falls in Milan

El Aynaoui admitted that he was mentally drained from beating second seed Gustavo Kuerten the previous night and from hearing that his wife had given birth to their third son on Thursday.

BBC: Blake books final place

Crowd favourite Younes El Aynaoui , the tenth seed, delivered another blow to Argentina with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Gaston Etlis while 13th seed Max Mirnyi eased past Spanish qualifier Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-3.

BBC: Nadal maintains form