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Hewitt was down 2-4 in the first set but fought back to down the promising 18-year-old Alex Bogdanovic 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 in just under two hours. Earlier, Mark Philippoussis, back in the team after a three-year absence, put Australia one-up with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alan Mackin in 1hr 43min. The results: World Group (first-round): Australia 2, Britain 0 (Lleyton Hewitt bt Alex Bogdanovic 7-5, 6-1, 6-2; Mark Philippoussis bt Alan Mackin 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. At Seville: Spain 1, Belgium 0 (Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-2, 7-5) Asia-Oceania Zone (first round): At Tashkent (Group I): Uzbekistan 1, Indonesia 0 (Oleg Ogorodov bt Peter Handoyo 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3). At Bangkok: Thailand 2, South Korea 0 (Paradorn Srichaphan bt Chung Hee-seok 6-2, 6-2, 6-3); Danai Udomchoke bt Kim Dong-hyun 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. At Auckland: New Zealand 2, Pakistan 0 (Mark Nielsen bt Aqeel Khan 6-0, 6-1, 6-2); Alistair Hunt bt Aisam Qureshi 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. At Taipei (Group II): Taiwan 2, Kazakhstan 0 (Lu Yen-hsun bt Dias Doskarayev 7-5, 6-0, 7-5; Wang Yeu-tzuoo bt Alexey Kedriouk 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. At Hong Kong: Hong Kong 2, Tajikistan 0 (Asif Ismail bt Dilshod Sharifi 6-0, 6-0, 6-3); Yu Hiu-tung bt Sergei Makashin 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.
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