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
anytime final nice playing tournament win
Anytime you're playing in a final you want to win any kind of tournament on a Sunday. It's always nice to be in those championship matches.
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.
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,
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.
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.
andre best final good greatest matches memories san saved shape
The 2002 final was one of the greatest matches I've ever played. I have good memories of San Jose. I saved a lot of match points, and Andre was in his best shape ever.
priorities finals records
You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.
andy main obviously san sure
I'm sure going into San Jose, he's going to be one of the main contenders. Obviously Andy is going to be one of the main contenders as well.
fans
I'm very disappointed for the fans and the tournament.
against chances easy playing target
I know what I'm going to get. It's never easy playing against Taylor, but he's going to give me a target and I've got to take my chances when I get them.
against chances easy executing game matter plan playing target
I know what I'm going to get. It's just a matter of executing, going out there with a game plan and executing what I need to do out there. It's never easy playing against Taylor. He's going to give me a target and I've got to take my chances when I get them.
delighted grass knew match surface though tough
I knew I was in for a tough match even though grass isn't his surface and I am just delighted to win,
cheap credit hardly missing points
I just wasn't getting any cheap points out there, but to his credit he was hardly missing too many returns.
business
It's still business as usual. I'm still focussed on what I've got to do out there.