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
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.
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,
belt matches played
I've always played well in Sydney. Hopefully, I can get some matches there under my belt before going into Melbourne.
aggressive best bit came negative played sort tougher
Sometimes when I was aggressive and came to the net, he actually played some of his better tennis. That sort of made it a little bit tougher out there because then I get a little bit negative and defensive. That's not the best way for me to play.
best doubt fifth huge level next played positive tennis today
There's no doubt I played my best tennis in the fifth set, ... That's a huge positive to come out of today and, hopefully, I can take it up another level or two in my next round.
best doubt fifth played tennis
There's no doubt I played my best tennis in the fifth set,
doubles easy extremely great lies lost loves olympics passion played playing says strong sydney tie
That says a lot about where their passion lies and it's not going to be an easy tie at all. I know Max, he loves this kind of competition. I lost to him in the Sydney Olympics when (he was) playing for Belarus. He played extremely strong that day and he's a great doubles player, so I don't think any of the live rubbers are going to be that easy.
balls court definitely dictate doubt extremely hard helped last played slower whether
It definitely helped him out. There's no doubt about that. You know, he still played extremely well, and he didn't give me a lot of opportunities out there, but the court surface, it's very hard to dictate play out there. It's slower than last year. There's no doubt about that, whether it's the balls or not.
difference grass hard huge played
When I played him in (London), I didn't find a huge difference from grass to hard court,
dictate felt nearly played possible pressure service trying
I felt like I played pretty solid. I put pressure on nearly all of his service games. I was trying to dictate as much as possible and get him on the defensive.
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.
games played spare time
I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.
came dictate early extremely paul played second step tried
Paul came out and played extremely consistent. Early in the second set I tried to step it up a little more and dictate play.