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 felt level matter mentally stay step tough trying
I felt a step slow, a little bit sluggish, ... It was just a matter of trying to stay tough mentally and put myself on level terms.
australia beat gives huge juan
I feel like if I can beat Juan Carlos on day one it gives Australia a huge advantage,
french game good hopefully next open raise
I feel good and hopefully can raise my game for the French Open next week.
ball hitting
I feel like I'm hitting the ball just as well as ever,
playing putting results together
I feel like I've been playing pretty well for a while now, and here I have been putting results together day in and day out,
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.
majors year
This year the majors are the most important things to me.
masters rely series
To rely on wildcards or to go back and play qualifying in some of the Masters Series isn't easy.
felt grass next soft
The grass felt very soft but it will quicken up over the next two weeks,
came last positives
There are a lot of positives that came out of the last two weeks.
beating best gives served tim
But, obviously, Tim beating Marat the other night, that gives him a lot of confidence, beating a guy, you know, who's one of the best ball-strikers out there. He served really well today, and volleyed exceptionally well.
david final incredible john played tournament
David played incredible to make the final in his first ever grass-court tournament - that's even better than John McEnroe.
cold flattened goes hit stepped winners
Then he hit some cold winners and flattened some out. He just goes for it and stepped it up when he had to.
crack hopefully match pleasing
That's probably the most pleasing thing out of today's match, ... I get another crack at someone (today). I think that every match I play, I'm hopefully going to get better and better.