Lleyton Hewitt Playing Quotations

Obviously, all us young guys have been playing since we were six or seven years old.

That says a lot about where their passion lies and it's not going to be an easy tie at all. I know Max, he loves this kind of competition. I lost to him in the Sydney Olympics when (he was) playing for Belarus. He played extremely strong that day and he's a great doubles player, so I don't think any of the live rubbers are going to be that easy.

Anytime you're playing in a final you want to win any kind of tournament on a Sunday. It's always nice to be in those championship matches.

He's playing with so much power that I knew it is tough to break his serve. But, luckily, I was able to take advantage of a couple of my opportunities.

I am extremely disappointed as I have always enjoyed playing the Tennis Masters Cup.

I am extremely disappointed, as I have always enjoyed playing Tennis Masters Cup and had a great time in Shanghai in 2002,

I'm extremely disappointed as I have always enjoyed playing the event and had a great time in Shanghai in 2002, winning the event and maintaining my year-end world number 1 status.

It's a great record to have here, ... It's not an easy Grand Slam, not an easy tournament to do well at. To go out successfully every year, it's a huge positive I think. I love playing in New York. I love the conditions, the court surface, the balls, everything about it.

It will be different this time, ... I'm playing really well at the moment. I'm playing better in every match and I have nothing to lose.

I know what I'm going to get. It's never easy playing against Taylor, but he's going to give me a target and I've got to take my chances when I get them.

I know what I'm going to get. It's just a matter of executing, going out there with a game plan and executing what I need to do out there. It's never easy playing against Taylor. He's going to give me a target and I've got to take my chances when I get them.

Yeah, you're always going to have those kind of characters out there, I guess. You know, different personalities. You know, you look at McEnroe and Borg, totally different situations, playing styles, strengths and weaknesses, I guess.

I feel like I've been playing pretty well for a while now, and here I have been putting results together day in and day out,

He played a lot looser than he's normally played in the past. He's playing more like in practice, where he has always been a great player where he's very flashy and doesn't take it all seriously the whole time. I think he's adopted that a little more in his matches.

It's a struggle out there. It's a matter of playing high-percentage tennis and not taking too many risks.

In the second set I couldn't put a foot wrong and started to get on top of him, but I just played a slack first game of the third set. I had the momentum big time at that stage, all I had to do was put some pressure on his service game, but some bad double faults and errors meant I was playing catch-up in the third set.