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
difficult extremely locker quickly room tournament
It was just extremely difficult conditions. You want to get it under your belt, get into the tournament and get back into the locker room as quickly as possible.
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.
eventual extremely far grand hold last lost next obviously played position six step tournament year
Every tournament I've played so far this year I've put myself in a position to win. The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm obviously doing something extremely right. I've just got to take that next step to hold up the trophy.
doubt earned qualified tournament
There's no doubt now that he (Murray) has qualified that he's appreciative that he didn't get the wildcard, because he'll feel like he's earned his way into the tournament a lot more,
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.
court easy grand great huge love playing positive record tournament
It's a great record to have here, ... It's not an easy Grand Slam, not an easy tournament to do well at. To go out successfully every year, it's a huge positive I think. I love playing in New York. I love the conditions, the court surface, the balls, everything about it.
feeling quietly tournament
But I got better and better as the tournament went on. At the moment, I'm feeling quietly confident.
aussie courts dangerous hard tournament wimbledon
Mark's always going to be dangerous in any tournament - especially on hard courts or grass, in the Aussie Open, the US Open, or Wimbledon more so,
atmosphere attitude court game suits surface tournament
I always feel pretty comfortable when I get to Flushing Meadows. I really like the atmosphere and the court surface there. I think the whole tournament really suits my game and my attitude as well.
areas game serious tournament work
I still feel like there's areas of my game that I can work on if I want to make any real inroads into this tournament and be a serious contender,
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.