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
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.
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.
badly picked played second
I didn't feel I played badly at all in the second set. Jonas just picked up his game.
bad double errors faults foot game meant momentum played playing pressure second service slack third time top wrong
In the second set I couldn't put a foot wrong and started to get on top of him, but I just played a slack first game of the third set. I had the momentum big time at that stage, all I had to do was put some pressure on his service game, but some bad double faults and errors meant I was playing catch-up in the third set.
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.
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).
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.
majors year
This year the majors are the most important things to me.
masters rely series
To rely on wildcards or to go back and play qualifying in some of the Masters Series isn't easy.
foot plant throw time wide
Every time I go out wide to plant my foot and go to throw the lob up, I can't.
bit few hurt moment
At the moment it's a bit disappointing. It'll probably hurt for a few days, I'd say.
felt grass next soft
The grass felt very soft but it will quicken up over the next two weeks,
beating best gives served tim
But, obviously, Tim beating Marat the other night, that gives him a lot of confidence, beating a guy, you know, who's one of the best ball-strikers out there. He served really well today, and volleyed exceptionally well.
cheer emotion emotions seem
There didn't seem to be a whole lot of emotion out there. The first two sets, no one had much to cheer about.