Lleyton Hewitt and Pete Sampras pose at the net before taking the court during the final of the US Open at USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing, New York.

No. 4 seed Hewitt now faces, No. 7 seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov for a place in his first Grand Slam final after the Russian beat Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets, the Brazilian badly affected by a back ...