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
conditions great today
Today was great conditions to play tennis. Not a lot of wind.
masters rely series
To rely on wildcards or to go back and play qualifying in some of the Masters Series isn't easy.
majors year
This year the majors are the most important things to me.
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.
couple motivates number picture whatever won
When you've been number one in the world for a couple of years and won a couple of slams and whatever else that's been, you look at the big picture and what motivates you.
babies baby due next possible
With my baby due in the next two weeks, it is not possible for me to come.
babies baby cup due event great hope masters next possible qualify success sure wish
With my baby due in the next two weeks, it is not possible for me to come. I wish the event well and am sure it will be a great success and I hope to qualify for next year's Masters Cup in Shanghai,
difference grass hard huge played
When I played him in (London), I didn't find a huge difference from grass to hard court,
easy great matches three win
There aren't going to be any easy matches, but it would be great to win here. I still have three matches away from there.
break careers cup davis situations
To come through these situations is very important because Davis Cup can make or break guys' careers in a lot of ways.
coming keeps player tough
When he keeps coming at you like that he's a tough player to play against,
felt quite team
We felt like the better team out there in the first set but things didn't quite go our way in the tiebreaker and we didn't take our chances.
came last positives
There are a lot of positives that came out of the last two weeks.
anyone doubt gets hard outside
When your ranking gets outside 150 or 200, there's no doubt that it's hard for anyone to come back and play well week-in and week-out,