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
bit normally pulled trigger
I probably pulled the trigger a little bit more than I normally do out there today,
eat energy four hit last three whatsoever
I haven't been able to eat anything the last three or four days, which just really hit me up because I've got no energy whatsoever right at the moment.
felt great happiness happy locker room waste win
I'm very happy to get away with the win that I got and be in the locker room after a comfortable win and not waste a lot of energy, ... Physically, I felt great out there.
change doubles few match outcome played points
In doubles there's only a few points here and there that can change the outcome of the whole match but they played very, very well,
difficult extremely locker quickly room tournament
It was just extremely difficult conditions. You want to get it under your belt, get into the tournament and get back into the locker room as quickly as possible.
complain time wasted
There was a lot of wasted time out there, ... At least I didn't complain as much as they did.
against felt fine physically plays points short taylor though three totally
Against Taylor, it was a totally different match-up. There were a lot of short points the way that Taylor plays so, even though it was three and-a-half hours, physically I felt fine today,
bad compared direction worst
If the worst thing I can do is say 'Come on,' ... if they think that's bad compared to spitting in the direction of the referee,
added australian career continue feels prepared time top until year
In some ways, it feels like every time I come into the Australian Open, there's always that added expectation. Until we have more Australians probably in the top 10, top 20 in the world, it's going to continue year after year. I've got to be prepared for that, I think, until my career is over.
advantage break couple knew playing power tough
He's playing with so much power that I knew it is tough to break his serve. But, luckily, I was able to take advantage of a couple of my opportunities.
affected good hit ribs round serving tough wasting win
I didn't feel my ribs were affected by my serving but the first round is always tough and it was good to get the win under my belt. It was a good hit without wasting a lot of energy.
ball quite striking
I didn't feel like I was striking the ball quite the way I would have liked.
energy match struggling throughout
I didn't feel like I had a lot of energy throughout a lot of the match out there. I was really struggling to get myself up.
badly picked played second
I didn't feel I played badly at all in the second set. Jonas just picked up his game.