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
ball great hitting last practice week
It's disappointing because in practice I feel like I've been hitting the ball great over the last week or so.
australian hard hard-work last training work
I've had a different preparation this year. I did a lot of hard work and training so that I'd last right through the Australian summer.
few last stomach virus worse
I've had some kind of stomach virus for the last few days. It just got worse and worse.
conditions hang mentally stay tough tried
It was pretty tough conditions out there. I just tried to stay mentally tough and hang in.
gets match nice
It's nice to get through to another semi-final. Every match gets tougher,
gets match nice tough
It's nice to be through to another semifinal, another tough match, ... Every match gets tougher.
nice
It's nice to be through to another semi-final,
bed decent nice
It's nice to be done before midnight. It's more about getting in bed a decent hour.
business
It's still business as usual. I'm still focussed on what I've got to do out there.
coming couple either gone match nice points
It's always nice to get through, especially coming off a match like Taylor, which could have gone either way in a lot of ways, only a couple points here and there,
coming feeling hung incredible second sets
It's an incredible feeling coming from two sets down. ... He was pretty much unstoppable in the second set but I just hung in there.
easily good great lost matches round second tough
It's been pretty good this week, ... I could easily have lost in the second round to Greg (Rusedski). To come through that and have some tough matches is very good. It's great preparation for the US Open.
matter playing struggle taking tennis
It's a struggle out there. It's a matter of playing high-percentage tennis and not taking too many risks.
extremely obviously putting tough
It's a tough one because you're obviously doing something extremely well to keep putting yourself in that position,