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
players tough worrying
It's tough for players to know what to take. It's worrying a lot of us.
belt extremely locker match quickly room tough
It was extremely tough conditions. So it was one match that you just wanted to get under your belt and get back into the locker room as quickly as possible.
earn extremely tough
It was extremely tough conditions. It's swirling out there today, ... Taylor's never going to give you the match. He's a tough competitor. I had to earn it.
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.
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,
gets match nice tough
It's nice to be through to another semifinal, another tough match, ... Every match gets tougher.
conditions hang mentally stay tough tried
It was pretty tough conditions out there. I just tried to stay mentally tough and hang in.
grind hang hopefully pick prettiest tough
He's a tough player, especially on this kind of surface. I just had to hang in there, try and grind him down. It wasn't the prettiest tennis, hopefully I can pick up on it.
earn extremely tough
It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it .
bit felt level matter mentally stay step tough trying
I felt a step slow, a little bit sluggish, ... It was just a matter of trying to stay tough mentally and put myself on level terms.
affected good hit ribs round serving tough wasting win
I didn't feel my ribs were affected by my serving but the first round is always tough and it was good to get the win under my belt. It was a good hit without wasting a lot of energy.
areas clicking earn extremely felt game quite tough
It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it. I felt like there were a lot of areas of my game that weren't quite clicking today.
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).
body cheap surface tough
This is a tough surface on your body and we're not big servers so there's not a lot of cheap points.