Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AMis an Australian former world no. 1 professional tennis player...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth24 February 1981
CityAdelaide, Australia
CountryAustralia
drink expected players trust water week
Players can't be expected to drink water out there. When trainers give you a drink on court, you have to trust them, week in, week out.
came dictate early extremely paul played second step tried
Paul came out and played extremely consistent. Early in the second set I tried to step it up a little more and dictate play.
ball given mix perfect reply serve served short waiting
He was just bunting the serve back, waiting for a short ball to pounce on and I got the perfect reply that I wanted, ... If I had served better it would have given me more opportunities to mix it up a lot more.
easy mistakes pressure tried
He wasn't making a lot of easy mistakes so I tried to put more pressure on him and I was able to do that.
against cause finals last matches played players record speaks top
He's played enough big matches and his record in finals against top 10 players over the last two years really speaks for itself. I don't think it's really going to cause him a lot of havoc.
accepted direction forget good match net sad
He spat in my direction; he apologized at the net after the match, and I accepted his apology. I don't think it's the right thing, and it's not good for the game. It's unfortunate because we were having a good dogfight match out there. We were going for it. It's sad that something like that happens. But I said, 'Just forget about it, mate'.
atmosphere attitude court game suits surface tournament
I always feel pretty comfortable when I get to Flushing Meadows. I really like the atmosphere and the court surface there. I think the whole tournament really suits my game and my attitude as well.
cheap four improved points reason
He doesn't give you cheap points the way he did four years ago and that's the reason why he's improved so much and he's the standout No.1 at the moment,
came swinging
He came out swinging early. Once I got a feel for the match, I was in control.
felt fine good returning start
That didn't take a lot out of me physically. I felt fine today. I got off to a good start out there, and I've been returning well all tournament.
break great hung match needed points pulled serve tried trigger twice
I just hung in there and made him play, ... I tried to play percentages on the match points and pulled the trigger when I needed to...I was up a set and a twice a break up, and I just didn't serve great out there tonight.
bloke lose shirt wearing
I just couldn't lose to a bloke wearing a shirt like that.
great played storm weather
I played a great first set and then had to try and weather the storm and take my chances,
deep dig game picked serve
His game picked up, his serve picked up. I had to dig deep to find a way out of it.