Lleyton Hewitt Extremely Quotations

It definitely helped him out. There's no doubt about that. You know, he still played extremely well, and he didn't give me a lot of opportunities out there, but the court surface, it's very hard to dictate play out there. It's slower than last year. There's no doubt about that, whether it's the balls or not.

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,

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.

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.

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).

The boys did extremely well over there, they've given us a good opportunity to get through to a semi again.

It was an extremely tough match, ... Taylor's never going to give you the match. I really had to earn it. I felt like I hit the ball well when I needed to.

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.

It was an extremely tough match, ... I really had to earn it .

Paul came out and played extremely consistent. Early in the second set I tried to step it up a little more and dictate play.

Every tournament I've played so far this year I've put myself in a position to win. The last six Grand Slams I've played I've lost to the eventual winner, so I'm obviously doing something extremely right. I've just got to take that next step to hold up the trophy.

It was just extremely difficult conditions. You want to get it under your belt, get into the tournament and get back into the locker room as quickly as possible.

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.

It's a tough one because you're obviously doing something extremely well to keep putting yourself in that position,

I was moving extremely well, able to dictate play. I was seeing the ball really well. It helps if you're in the zone like that.

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.