Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AM (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world No. 1. He is the last Australian male to win a men's singles Grand Slam title.
Why'd you leave the match, huh?
I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.
He's up there. But (Marat) Safin, on his game, is as hard to beat.
Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself in a position in the second week. A lot of strange things happen.
Everyone has to call 'time' at some stage.
I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.
Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.
Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.
Ten minutes? That's the women. It's not for the men; not for the real game, mate.
I don't know. Haven't I always been mature?
I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time. I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.