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 earn extremely felt hit needed tough
It was an extremely tough match, ... Taylor's never going to give you the match. I really had to earn it. I felt like I hit the ball well when I needed to.
happy hit moved
I was happy the way I hit the ball. I think I moved a lot better, as well.
across balls conditions deep guy hits reach taylor tough tougher
When Taylor chip-charges and hits deep balls, he's tough to pass. He's a big guy and he's got a lot of reach across the net. The conditions made it tougher as well.
ball hitting
I feel like I'm hitting the ball just as well as ever,
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.
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.
against ball competitor errors flashy game hit shots took tough weapons
He's a tough competitor out there. He's got a lot of flashy shots and a lot of weapons out there. I'd never hit a ball against him, so it took me a while to get in and read his game a little bit...I thought he'd make a lot more errors than he did.
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.
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.
awkward bit days definitely eat felt few five four hit last routine week
I didn't eat for about four or five days. So it hit me pretty bad. I felt a little bit awkward the last few days just training, getting back into the routine of things again. I'm definitely a lot better than a week ago.
ball chances hitting practice took
He took his chances a lot better than I did. You never like to lose. It's disappointing because in practice I feel like I've been hitting the ball great.
bit feeling happy hit
I'm feeling a little bit better and I'm happy the way I hit the ball.
balls bit came chop hard heavy open played quite reason rough simple till
I've never played with balls that are getting that big. It's as simple as that. I thought the balls in Rotterdam were quite heavy till I came here. You know, the court's definitely, you know, it's a little bit rough out there. That's always going to chop the balls up a little bit more than a smoother court, such as a US Open hard court. But, you know, there's no reason why the ball should get, you know, that heavy.
competitor conditions earn happy played tennis tough wind
It was tough conditions out there today, ... The wind was swirling and Taylor's never going to give you the match. He's a tough competitor and I really had to earn it. We played some tough tennis and I'm just happy to get through.