Hewitt is almost a foot smaller than 6ft 9in Isner, but he restricted the right-hander to only five aces.

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The French 15th seed secured five breaks of serve and hit 10 aces en route to a 6-1 6-3 win in 85 minutes.

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However, as you go further out, to a five-year measure compiled by our staff's statistical aces, the picture blurs.

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Serve was again key with the Thai player hitting four aces and just one double-fault while the German had just one ace and five double-faults.

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