Hewitt at Home in Garden
Defending men’s champion Lleyton Hewitt arrives in Indian Wells attempting to
become the first player to win the Pacific Life Open three years running. The
Australian, who has won his last 12 matches at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden
dating back to a semifinal loss to Andre Agassi in 2002, won the Stella Artois
Championships at Queen’s Club, London three years in a row from 2000.
Talking about repeating the feat in Indian Wells, a place he’s always enjoyed
coming to, Hewitt said: “I’ll try my best. It’s tough to win these
tournaments any time. It’s a positive coming to places you play well and have
had good results at in the past.
“I reached the semis in 2001 and lost to Agassi in a very tight match the year
before I won it for the first time. For some reason, I’ve played extremely
well out here on the center court. It’s a wonderful stadium and it’s got to
be a positive to come back to places you enjoy playing at. It’s a very relaxed
tournament with the feel of a Grand Slam with the quality of players in the
draw.”
Hewitt, who has won two titles in 2004 in Sydney and Rotterdam, has
successfully defended a title five times during his career, including at the
Tennis Masters Cup having won the season-ending championships in 2001 and ’02.
While the former US Open and Wimbledon champion is used to the big occasions,
he is not putting any extra pressure on himself this time around.
“My record of defending titles is not too bad, Queen’s, Sydney, here are
probably the ones that stand out,” said Hewitt. “This is one of my favorite
tournaments of the year. I feel very relaxed, I’ve always played well here. I
don’t know how to explain it, but I don’t feel any extra pressure on myself
when I go out there to play tournaments when I’m defending titles or points.
“I was very lucky to get past Younes El Aynaoui in the first round last year,
coming back from match points down before surviving that and going on to win
the tournament. But I don’t feel any extra pressure when I’m defending titles
at tournaments.”
Hewitt, who is seeded No. 8 this year, could meet current INDESIT ATP 2004
Race leader Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in a repeat of their fourth
round match at the Australian Open, where Federer won that match and went on
to win the tournament.
“Roger’s definitely playing with a lot of confidence,” said Hewitt. “But
the last time we played in Australia, I played really well in the first set
and a half, and always felt like I had chances in the fourth. I probably felt
like I was the better player in that set.
“I’ve had a good year so far, I’m hitting the ball well and looking forward
to doing well here.”
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