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
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,
delighted grass knew match surface though tough
I knew I was in for a tough match even though grass isn't his surface and I am just delighted to win,
eventual grand last lost played six
The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm doing something right.
compact double good pressure puts serves service
I couldn't put in first serves and was double faulting. He puts a lot pressure on anyone's service games. He has a good compact return.
crack hopefully match pleasing
That's probably the most pleasing thing out of today's match, ... I get another crack at someone (today). I think that every match I play, I'm hopefully going to get better and better.
adopted flashy great pay practice seriously whereas
In practice he's always been a great player, where he's very flashy and, you know, doesn't take it all seriously the whole time. Whereas I think he's adopted that a little more in his matches. It may pay off for him.
fantastic four titles winning
It's been fantastic winning four titles here, but it's not something I thought about a lot.
hanging
I'm hanging in all right. I'm still in the tournament,
clean games opportunity service trying wait
I was just trying to clean up my service games and wait for an opportunity -- and I got it,
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.
added australian career continue feels prepared time top until year
In some ways, it feels like every time I come into the Australian Open, there's always that added expectation. Until we have more Australians probably in the top 10, top 20 in the world, it's going to continue year after year. I've got to be prepared for that, I think, until my career is over.
lockers rooms lost
Matches are won and lost so many times in the locker room.
majors year
This year the majors are the most important things to me.
coming keeps player tough
When he keeps coming at you like that he's a tough player to play against,