All systems go, according to Lleyton
All systems go, according to Lleyton
By JOHN THIRSK January 15, 2004
LLEYTON Hewitt is content with his game, confident in the knowledge that he is
being match-hardened in the lead-up to the Australian Open.
But Hewitt is making no predictions about winning his first Australian Open
starting at Melbourne Park next Monday.
"I feel like I'm playing well, but you still have to go out and do the job
next week," Hewitt said.
"Everyone wants to win titles, but at the moment it's trying to get matches
under your belt by trying to work on little areas of your game and get the
rhythm going.
"So far, so good."
Hewitt showed courage under fire yesterday for 49 minutes and trailed 0-4 in
the opening set before surviving his second round match against Karol Kucera
at the adidas International.
Twice Kucera, the 1998 champion, had points to lead 5-0 before the two-time
grand slam champion Hewitt unleashed his stunning comeback.
In a stunning reversal, Hewitt showed the form which made him the world No.1
for consecutive years by winning nine successive games and 12 of the past 13.
"I had chances in probably all four of the games I lost and was probably
trying to attack a little bit too much under the conditions," Hewitt said.
"After that I decided to go back to playing consistently ... trying to get
some rhythm and build it up again.
"Once the momentum had really changed I was able to start playing some good
aggressive tennis in tough conditions."
Hewitt said that even though he was down 4-0 he didn't get too down on himself.
"You've got to try and realise that it's a tough match and that there's
another two sets even if you go down in that set [first set]. You can always
bounce back," he said.
"I wasn't giving up that first set no matter what ... I was going to hang in
there.
"Karol doesn't go for too many heroic shots and runs a lot of balls down and
makes you play that extra ball.
"But I'm happy with the way my game is going and playing tournaments getting
match hardened.
"You enjoy it when you get out of jail like I did in the first set and then
the momentum really swung."
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