SYDNEY (AP):

RICHARD GASQUET and Lleyton Hewitt crashed out of the men's draw at the Sydney International yesterday as women's No. 1 seed Justine Henin breezed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open warm-up event.

No. 1 seed Gasquet was beaten by Russian Dmitry Tursunov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in their second-round match while No. 6 seed Lleyton Hewitt will have to complete his Australian Open preparations on the practice court after being upset by Davis Cup teammate Chris Guccione 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2).

Henin got through to the semi-finals after only 52 minutes on court in the tournament. The two-time Sydney champion received a first-round bye and a second-round walkover, before cruising past Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-0 yesterday.