Lleyton Hewitt Match Quotations

I would do anything to play that last match (the men's singles final) on that Sunday night at the Australian Open,

I had a tough match in the first round and sometimes that puts you in good stead for the tournament.

He spat in my direction; he apologized at the net after the match, and I accepted his apology. I don't think it's the right thing, and it's not good for the game. It's unfortunate because we were having a good dogfight match out there. We were going for it. It's sad that something like that happens. But I said, 'Just forget about it, mate'.

In doubles there's only a few points here and there that can change the outcome of the whole match but they played very, very well,

I knew I was in for a tough match even though grass isn't his surface and I am just delighted to win,

I'm not quite 100 percent, so it's nice to get through. I felt like I moved a lot better in the past. It's a little bit of confidence with pushing off the ankle. Tonight's match was a tough because Paul competes his heart out, especially on a hard court.

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 just tried to make him play more as the match went on. I'm feeling better and better with every match.

I just hung in there and made him play, ... I tried to play percentages on the match points and pulled the trigger when I needed to...I was up a set and a twice a break up, and I just didn't serve great out there tonight.

I didn't feel like I had a lot of energy throughout a lot of the match out there. I was really struggling to get myself up.

It's always nice to get through, especially coming off a match like Taylor, which could have gone either way in a lot of ways, only a couple points here and there,

That's probably the most pleasing thing out of today's match, ... I get another crack at someone (today). I think that every match I play, I'm hopefully going to get better and better.

It's nice to be through to another semifinal, another tough match, ... Every match gets tougher.

It's nice to get through to another semi-final. Every match gets tougher,

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 an awkward match to go out there and play. I knew I was heavily favored to go out there and win, but with Davis Cup, I've been in enough big ties and been the underdog in that many big matches that it's a different kind of pressure and it sort of levels itself out ... the competition out there.