2005

#24 Medibank International, Sydney, AUS
1 Karol Beck 6-1 6-2
2 Arnaud Clement 6-2 6-4
Q Thomas Johansson 6-1 7-6(4)
S Max Mirnyi 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2
F Ivo Minar 7-5 6-0

Ostatnio edytowany przez rusty Hewitt (05-12-2009 12:54:24)

2007

#26 Tennis Channel Open, Las Vegas, USA
RR Spadea, Vincent (USA) 6-3 6-3
RR Johansson, Thomas (SWE) 4-6 7-5 6-2
Q Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 6-3 6-2
S Safin, Marat (RUS) 7-5 6-1
F Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) 6-4 7-6(10)

CDN !

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Hewitt: chcę wrócić do grona najlepszych

Australijczyk Lleyton Hewitt wyznał, że w nadchodzącym sezonie ma zamiar powalczyć o trzeci wielkoszlemowy tytuł w karierze.
28-letni zawodnik w 2001 roku zwyciężył w US Open, a rok później triumfował w Wimbledonie. Na drodze dalszych sukcesów utalentowanego tenisisty stanęły liczne kontuzje. Rok 2009 zakończył na 22. miejscu w rankingu ATP, głównie dzięki współpracy z trenerem Nathanem Healey'em.

- Bardzo chciałbym wrócić do piątki najlepszych tenisistów na świecie. Oczywiście priorytetem jest dla mnie wygranie turnieju wielkoszlemowego. Australian Open oraz Wimbledon to nie tylko moje ulubione imprezy, ale także Nathana. Dlatego też właśnie tam postaram się poszukać swojej szansy na triumf - stwierdził Hewitt.

Hewitt: I'm as fit as ever

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt says he is fitter than he has been for several years and primed for a serious assault on the Grand Slam title he most craves, the Australian Open.

Speaking after arriving on for Saturday's opener in the mixed teams Hopman Cup, where he and Samantha Stosur are top seeds, Hewitt said he had overcome the injuries that have plagued him in recent years and was in peak condition for the Open in late January.

Hewitt, a dual Grand Slam winner, slipped out of the top 100 early this year as he battled his way back from a major hip problem, but during 2009 clawed his way up the rankings to finish the season at 22.

The 28-year-old Australian has never made a secret of his burning desire to claim his home grand slam and although many believe the veteran's chance has passed - his loss to Marat Safin in an epic 2005 final his best effort - Hewitt said he was ready to make a major impact in Melbourne.

"A lot depends on the draw. At least I will be seeded and hopefully I get a smooth passage through," he said of his Australian Open prospects.

"If I can get through the first week and put myself in a position in the second week, there is no reason I can't do some damage.

"I feel as fit and strong as I have ever been and I am hitting the ball well at the moment.

"If the body holds up, there is no reason I can't give all these guys a run."

Hewitt has been working with a fitness trainer from Sydney and said he had been building towards the Australian summer for the last three months, having not played since early October.

"Fitness-wise I am as good as I have ever been.... I feel really good.

"I have been doing the hard yards on and off the practice court and have a good team behind me and we feel like we have done everything right.

"It is a matter now of going out there.... I have been waiting the last three months to get out on the court and play these tournaments and get into it," said Hewitt.

"Melbourne in a couple of weeks' time is the big one that you want to be peaking for."

Hewitt dismissed suggestions his best tennis was behind him, pointing out that he was highly competitive in the Grand Slams this year.

"This year in the majors it took the best guys to beat me," he said.

"I lost a tight one to Gonzalez, and then (Andy) Roddick, (Rafael) Nadal and (Roger) Federer are the other three that beat me in the Grand Slams.

"If I keep putting myself in that position things will turn around."

Hewitt and Stosur open their Hopman Cup campaign against Romanians Sorana Cirstea and Victor Hanescu on Saturday.

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Hewitt says he's still got a lot of grand slams left in him

Melbourne, Jan.2 (ANI): Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt still believes that he has a lot to achieve in the sport, including grabbing some more grand slams.

When his troublesome hip finally gave way at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 he was faced with a hard decision, to go on or give it away

It had been seven years since he sat atop the rankings and six years since he lifted a grand slam trophy.

These - the big prizes - had always been what motivated him. The other great motivator had been Davis Cup but that, too, was a past glory.

"I could have gone through life, retired from tennis, and it [the hip] wouldn't have been a problem," the Daily Telegraph quotes him, as saying.

He had a lot of points to defend and knew that the comeback from surgery would most likely see him drop outside the top 100 (he fell as far as 108).

He had a wife and was expecting his second child, he was sick of travelling and waking up in hotels without them.

What made him keep going when everything seemed to point him in the opposite direction?

"I still think there are grand slams still in me," he says.

"If you keep putting yourself in that position, you will get your chance. There is still unfinished business," he added.

With long-time fired Nathan Healey as his coach and David Drysdale as his manager, Hewitt believes he has the required backup to see him achieve his remaining goals in tennis.

"It has taken the best guys to beat me, basically every time," he says. "If you keep putting yourself in that position, time after time laying it on the line, eventually you will get your chance and it is going to open up. There is still unfinished business," he says.

Now ranked 22, he believes again that he can beat the very best, although it is six years now since he last vanquished Federer.

Asked how he wished to be remembered when his career is over, Hewitt said as a fierce competitor, who never gave up and produced his best when representing his country.

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Australian Open - Lleyton Hewitt confident for Melbourne despite injury scare

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt will be fit to compete at this month's Australian Open despite an injury scare at the Hopman Cup.

The 28-year-old Australian had treatment on his lower back at the end of the first set of his 6-2 6-4 defeat by Spain's Tommy Robredo.

Hewitt came back out to play the mixed doubles, which Australia lost in a final set tiebreak to complete a 3-0 defeat by Spain at the mixed team event, and then said he expected to be fine for Melbourne.

"On the second point I had a back spasm and I was a bit worried at first," Hewitt said.

"It was frustrating because I couldn't really compete but it loosened up a bit in the second set. I had some massage and I am sure it will be fine."

Hewitt also appeared to be clutching his right hip, the same part of his body he had surgery on in 2008, but said the problems were more in his back.

The former Wimbledon and US Open champion is due to play in the ATP event in Sydney starting on Sunday.

"I am sure by the time I play my first match in Sydney, I'll be good to go," he said.

Hewitt climbed back to number 22 in the rankings last year and will be seeded for the year's first grand slam event, which begins on January 18.

Having won two of his three singles matches in Perth, he said the Hopman Cup has provided the ideal preparation despite Australia's failure to make the final.

"The reason we come here is to get a guaranteed three matches," he said. "I got that and I feel like if can get a few matches in Sydney next week then I'll have enough practice by Melbourne.

"If I can get through the first week and put myself in position in the second week, then the draw could open up, so you never know."

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Ostatnio edytowany przez rusty Hewitt (07-01-2010 15:00:29)

Lleyton Hewitt hankers to be a big gun again

LLEYTON Hewitt will start the climb back into the world's top 10 as he attempts a record fifth Sydney International crown this week.

The winner of the title in 2000-01 and 2004-05, Hewitt returns to his favourite ATP World Tour hunting ground with an eye on the champion's prize - and the other on next week's Australian Open in Melbourne.

No player has won five titles in Sydney since professionals were allowed back onto the regular circuit in 1968, when tennis was declared "open".

Again hesitant over the likelihood of playing at the strife-ridden Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, Hewitt was far more positive over returning to the elite.

"I'd love the body to hold up and if the body does hold up, I'd want to look at the top 10 for sure," the world No. 22 said.

"There's no reason why I can't compete.

"I pride myself on playing well at the four big tournaments (Wimbledon, Australian, French and US Open).

"That's where it counts for me. And the last few years, the only guys who have beaten me are the top handful of guys."

Hewitt will not have to deal this week with the players - Fernando Gonzalez (Australian), Rafael Nadal (French), Andy Roddick (Wimbledon) and Roger Federer (US Open) - who knocked him out of major contention last year.

He will have to be at his best to land his 28th singles title.

"I could play (Andrea) Seppi, who I lost to in a very tight match a few years ago after having match points," Hewitt said. "That's going to be a tough match if he beats a qualifier to get through.

"It's a good strong field."

Top seed Gael Monfils will test his shoulder today before deciding whether he will compete.

The Frenchman is coached by Hewitt's former mentor Roger Rasheed.

Hewitt downplayed his physical concerns, saying the back spasm that inconvenienced him at last week's Hopman Cup was not an issue.

"I never felt it was that big of a concern," he said.

Hewitt remains pessimistic about playing in Delhi amid security concerns.

"I didn't even know tennis was in the Commonwealth Games until a month or so ago," he said. "Scheduling is a dilemma.

"Security is in the back of my mind. I don't think any federation would put a player in an awkward situation."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/lleyt … 5817911548

Juz samo zrobienie IV rundy bedzie sporym sukcesem. Zle wylosuje i juz wczesniej moga byc problemy.

Loss 'no drama' says Lleyton Hewitt

LLEYTON Hewitt's bid for a fifth Sydney International crown was ended last night by the man who had his own Australian Open dream snatched by Hewitt in 2008.

Cypriot crowd favourite Marcos Baghdatis avenged his heartbreaking Open loss to Hewitt two years ago by coming from a set down to win 4-6 6-2 6-3 and reach the semi-finals.

Riding the support of many in a divided Ken Rosewell Arena, the world No. 45 raised the power and intensity in the second set to break Hewitt three times and kept his foot on the throat to snatch two more breaks in the third set.

After the match, a surprisingly upbeat Hewitt claimed he was merely using the match to test out some new moves.

"I'm not that disappointed really," Hewitt said.

"I was trying a few different things out there today, just mixing up the game a little bit and hopefully it will hold me in good stead for next week.

"I've just got to go out there and be positive and trust how I was playing. Obviously the first set and a half I played well.

"I tried mixing it up, a bit of serve-volleying, slicing a little bit more, doing a few different things and hopefully it will pay off next week."

And while he failed to improve on last year's result in Sydney and lost the opportunity for more match practice ahead of the Open, Hewitt said it mattered little going into the first major of the year.

"It's definitely not a major drama the week before a slam," he said.

"A lot of people question whether playing four or five extremely tough matches in heat is the best preparation anyway. For me, it's (losing) not a huge drama.

"After you come back from injuries and you've been world No. 1 and won slams before, that's what drives me, tournaments like next week.

"I'll be doing everything in my power to get through the first week and we'll see what happens."

Hewitt was really left with no excuses yesterday after getting away to a perfect start.

He looked to be in control when he broke Baghdatis in the third game of the second set with a superb cross court forehand winner on the run.

But from there the 2006 Australian Open finalist cranked up the heat.

The signs looked ominous for Hewitt early in the third set when he double faulted the first point on his opening service game and only just held on to win the game.

But when Baghdatis held the following game with a super forehand volley to close out an absorbing rally, Hewitt failed to respond in the next game and was broken.

With pockets of Cypriot fans continually chanting in response to Hewitt's fans the atmosphere resembled a football match.

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