Dent’s run terminated

Former Corona del Mar High standout Taylor Dent lost to Australian

Lleyton Hewitt, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-3, in the round of 16 Monday at

Wimbledon.

In just his second tennis tournament since returning from an ankle

injury, Dent pushed Hewitt to four sets despite committing 13 double

faults and 39 unforced errors.

Hewitt, the No. 3 seed in the tournament and the No. 2 ranked

men’s tennis player in the world, seized a 4-0 lead 13 minutes into

the contest.

Dent’s game began to heat up, however, and he applied pressure in

the second set before taking the third set in the tiebreaker.

Dent, ranked No. 30 in the world, has never gone past the fourth

round in a Grand Slam event. He lost in the fourth round of last

year’s U.S. Open, as well.

Hewitt, who was the 2002 champion, will face Feliciano Lopez from

Spain in the quarterfinals while Dent said he will return to Orange

County and prepare for the Hall of Fame tennis championships in

Newport, R.I., scheduled to begin July 4.