World No.3 Lleyton Hewitt won't let another slow court stop him from speeding his way through the Medibank International at Sydney.

The top seed of this Australian Open warm-up tournament is looking to take the quick and easy path to back-to-back titles - even if the court surface is slower than he would like.

His route to the title was made easier with No.2 seed Carlos Moya losing to Radek Stepanek 2-6 6-4 6-2.

Just two days after winning the Chennai Open final, Moya looked in control, winning six games straight to take the first set, but having arrived only on Monday, his lack of preparation caught up with him in the deciding set.

Hewitt, however, showed no such signs of fading in his centre court appearance, taking a little over an hour as he swept aside the first of his challengers, Karol Beck, 6-1 6-2.

The 23-year-old won five straight games in the first set and broke his Slovakian opponent at the start of the second to continue the barrage.

"Could have probably been even a little bit easier out there. I had a lot of opportunities to get that double-break in the second set and just wasn't quite able to take it," said Hewitt.

Hewitt has criticised Australian Open officials recently for making the Melbourne Park surface 'too slow' and unfavourable for his preferred high-tempo game.

The three times Sydney champion has received few favours in Sydney, either, labelling the centre court "slower again than (last week's tournament in) Adelaide".

With six days until the start of the Australian Open, where Hewitt has never gone beyond the fourth round, he has little time to waste worrying any more about surfaces.

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