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
apart bit break early extremely good holding life point rhythm second serve serving tougher
The way he was serving at that time, he was serving extremely well, ... Apart from an early break point in the second set, he was holding serve pretty comfortably there. He had good rhythm on his serve, and, you know, it would have made life a bit tougher (had Rusedski not made the errors).
cheap courts few gets hard points
I think he comes off pretty well on hard courts as well. He still gets a few aces and cheap points on hard courts as well.
focus points trying winning
My focus is on winning this tournament. I'm trying to get points and get my ranking up a little bit.
continue early favor felt hard head matter momentum points pressure second swung third trying work
I felt it was a matter of trying to regroup, put my head down, work hard and not to give too many points away in the second set. I wanted to put more pressure on him early in the second set, and I was able to do that. The momentum really swung in my favor and I was able to continue to do that in the third set as well.
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,
both conditions crowd enjoyable negative point tough
There were tough conditions but it was the same for both players, so there's no point in getting negative over it. We know it's not enjoyable for the crowd but the show must go on.
cheap four improved points reason
He doesn't give you cheap points the way he did four years ago and that's the reason why he's improved so much and he's the standout No.1 at the moment,
break great hung match needed points pulled serve tried trigger twice
I just hung in there and made him play, ... I tried to play percentages on the match points and pulled the trigger when I needed to...I was up a set and a twice a break up, and I just didn't serve great out there tonight.
bit played points
I probably played the tighter points a bit better than he did out there,
change doubles few match outcome played points
In doubles there's only a few points here and there that can change the outcome of the whole match but they played very, very well,
against felt fine physically plays points short taylor though three totally
Against Taylor, it was a totally different match-up. There were a lot of short points the way that Taylor plays so, even though it was three and-a-half hours, physically I felt fine today,
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.
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.