Re: Indian Wells第一輪賽程

看板Hewitt作者noanoa (first title of 2003:D)時間22年前 (2003/03/12 17:58)推噓0(0推 0噓 0→)

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Hewitt Saves Three Match Points to Hold No.1 It was once said that Lleyton Hewitt lacked a major weapon to become the No.1 player in the world. Perhaps that was because we couldn't see it. But the weapon has always been there. Hewitt's mental toughness is unrivaled in today's game and ranks alongside that of Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Jim Courier. At the Pacific Life Open on Monday, Hewitt's resolved faced an enormous test when Younes El Aynaoui held two match points while serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set. The Moroccan had won 32 consecutive service games against Hewitt dating back to his four-set victory at the Australian Open. Hewitt, who had nailed a sparkling backhand winner down the line - which landed on the line - to save a match point on his own serve in the previous game, clawed back to save two more match points and then break El Aynaoui. He then held serve and broke El Aynaoui for the second consecutive time to take the set. After that, it was simply a matter of time. Hewitt secured two more breaks in the third set to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Recalling his brazen backhand winner on match point down, Hewitt said: "Backhand up the line, on the line, I guess. I went for my shots on match point, and it paid off. You sort of live and die on the edge, I guess. I practiced that shot, you know, it came off. A couple more inches wide or long, I could have been in a bit of trouble... I saw a huge opening up the line and went for it. It paid off. "He just kept sort of playing exactly the confident tennis that he was playing in Melbourne. Serving well, hitting big forehands. It was coming into my mind a little bit only because I was getting a little frustrated . I couldn't break serve. I wasn't having that many chances. When I did get a small opportunity, he came out and served an unreturnable or an ace . "I just kept telling myself to hang in there today. I wasn't playing grea t tennis, but if you get your chance, you just have to take it. In the en d, I kept hanging in on match points, even when I was serving for it. I c ould sense he was getting a little tight in that game. I knew if I could get it back to 5-All, things could turn around. In the end, I did. Very easily it could have been the other way around. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.csie.ntu.edu.tw) ◆ From: 61.217.123.9