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
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,
felt four work
I still feel it out there. I really felt it when I jammed it about four times. But it's just something that I have to work through.
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.
hopefully pay work
This is what you do your off-season work for and hopefully this is going to pay off.
aussie behind bit bounce change crowd good head hopefully next rankings sort tennis work
Hopefully if he can work and put his head down, if he can sort of bounce back and get the crowd behind him and play some good tennis at the Aussie Open, that could set up a bit of a change in the rankings next year.
hard-work play tennis
That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.
australian hard hard-work last training work
I've had a different preparation this year. I did a lot of hard work and training so that I'd last right through the Australian summer.
areas game work
So far, so good. I'm still in the tournament. I still feel like there's areas of my game that I can work on.
region tennis took week
I think the way that the whole region really took to tennis in that week was pretty amazing.
felt great
Physically, I felt great out there. He didn't put me under that much pressure.
drink expected players trust water week
Players can't be expected to drink water out there. When trainers give you a drink on court, you have to trust them, week in, week out.
areas clicking felt forward game locker matter next quite room today trying win
I still felt like there was a lot of areas of my game that weren't quite clicking today. It was more a matter of trying to find a way to win today and get in the locker room and look forward to the next round.
build foot jam test trying
I still feel it out there. It's just when I jam my foot off during matches. It's something you can't test before a match. So I'm just trying to build it up.
conditions game handled suit
I think I just handled the conditions so much better than he did today. I don't think those kind of conditions suit has game at all.