U.S. OPEN Tennis stars not turning heads

Jennifer Capriati and Lleyton Hewitt aren't getting the attention they used to, but they're winning.
NEW YORK (AP) -- At their peaks, Jennifer Capriati and Lleyton Hewitt attracted all sorts of attention at every tournament. At this U.S. Open, they're almost an afterthought.
That's fine for the former No. 1 players and Grand Slam champions, especially while they're winning.
With Serena Williams' outfits, Maria Sharapova's aura, Lindsay Davenport's 18-match winning streak, and Justine Henin-Hardenne's title defense, Capriati hasn't gotten a lot of notice.
Same for Hewitt, mostly overlooked amid all the fuss about Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.
Beats Ferreira
The fourth-seeded Hewitt won his first-round match Wednesday, defeating Wayne Ferreira 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.
"There's definitely been matches over the last few weeks that I feel like I've played as well as I've probably ever played," Hewitt said.
"You know, that's the good thing about tennis: You never are a perfect player, there's always something you can work on," he said. "I still had little areas in my game that I could work on at that stage, even when I was No. 1 and won here and Wimbledon."
Capriati, a three-time Grand Slam winner but never past the semifinals at Flushing Meadows, moved into the third round by beating Magui Serna 6-0, 6-2.
"I mean, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, especially lately," Capriati said. "But realistically, probably, I am playing good enough."
Williams had an easy match, as expected, in defeating Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
Earring errand
Williams had a harder time getting her attire exactly right. Before the match, she approached the chair umpire and wondered whether someone could retrieve her purse from the locker room. Seems she had left her earrings behind.
"I consider myself an entertainer," she said. "I remember always thinking of myself as a broader picture as opposed to just your normal athlete. I don't think I've ever been your normal athlete. I've always had something different going on in my life."
Nineteen-year-old Angela Haynes upset 22nd-seeded Magdalena Maleeva 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round.
Second-seeded Amelie Mauresmo, the Olympic silver medalist, hung to beat 105th-ranked Julia Vakulenko 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
"I started very slow in the first set," Mauresmo said. "I'm looking forward to improve my game because I am not satisfied now."
The top-seeded Federer rolled into the third round with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1 victory over Marcos Baghdatis.
Losers
Athens bronze medalists No. 14 Fernando Gonzalez and No. 17 Alicia Molik both lost, and so did three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten. Mark Philippoussis, runner-up at the Open in 1998 and Wimbledon last year, quit with a hip injury in the fifth set against Nikolay Davydenko.
Also winning was 23rd-seeed Vince Spadea, who beat Luis Horna 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.