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
areas game work
So far, so good. I'm still in the tournament. I still feel like there's areas of my game that I can work on.
crack cup davis final focus given open opportunity tie wide
That's all my focus is on, on Ferrero on Friday, and I've probably been given the opportunity in this tie to crack the whole Davis Cup final wide open on day one.
eventual extremely far grand hold last lost next obviously played position six step tournament year
Every tournament I've played so far this year I've put myself in a position to win. The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm obviously doing something extremely right. I've just got to take that next step to hold up the trophy.
eventual grand last lost played six
The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm doing something right.
hang time took
It took me time to get into the match. He was unstoppable in the first set and I just had to hang in there,
match playing
It will be different this time, ... I'm playing really well at the moment. I'm playing better in every match and I have nothing to lose.
difference
It won't have any difference on my schedule.
cheer emotion emotions seem
There didn't seem to be a whole lot of emotion out there. The first two sets, no one had much to cheer about.
bit circuit cup finals indoor masters matches maybe physically played quite run
Especially big ties. When we've played the finals before, quite often I'd played the Masters Cup and the whole indoor circuit and a lot of matches and maybe I was physically run down a little bit going in,
break convert felt third
Even at 5-3 on his serve, I still had a break point. I couldn't convert that, but the whole third set I felt like I was pretty much in command,
class federer
Federer is in a class of his own.
felt grass next soft
The grass felt very soft but it will quicken up over the next two weeks,
foot plant throw time wide
Every time I go out wide to plant my foot and go to throw the lob up, I can't.
bit few hurt moment
At the moment it's a bit disappointing. It'll probably hurt for a few days, I'd say.