Lyndus
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Lleyton Hewitt too be back in top 10 by years end.
Hello, why Lleyton has copped so much criticism in the past few years just amazes me, sure his results havn't been as consistent as they should be, but come on he's had plenty of injuries, not too mention that his whole life changed rapidly in 2005, when he got married and had a kid, he was always going too calm down a bit after beginning a new family, however he seems to have found the perfect blend of tennis and Family Life and his injuries have left him alone for now. Watching him play several times this year has given me a good idea as too where his game is at, during the Australian Open he looked very focused and ready to go, but lack of matchplay in the prior 6 months and coach issues hindered him more than he would've liked. Then in Beligium during the 1st round of the Davis Cup he was playing well but only in patches, signs of a guy who is getting his game back together. Next was in Vegas, Lleyton played very well all week, he was still a touch patchy in the Final which can be expected seeing as he hadn't been in a Final for a while (he ended up winning in Las Vegas). Then there was Indian Wells, he obtained an injury during the Warm-up, however even though he was struggling at times with it during the match, he narrowly lost Janko Tipsarevic. Months later after recouping from the most recent injury, he showed up at Hamburg, I was incredibly pleased with his results there, I watched him comfortably knock off Agustin Calleri, Jaun Ignacio Chela, and Nikolay Davydenko, before losing a match that in my oppinion he should've won, against Rafael Nadal, he has plenty chances however clearly his lack match-play was bugging him, although he fter botching planty of chances he kept on fighting bck in the match and nearly dismantled Nadal. Then there was the French Open, which too me was very similar too Hamburg. Now Queens, theres no excuses there he was just out of sorts that day and played way too defensively against Tsonga. Wimbledon was very good apart from the unloseable match against Djokovic, I have never seen a guy who was as tired as Djokovic win a match where he was heavily outplayed for the whole match as well, Lleyton should've done better too seal things. Finally his most recent appearences have been in Montreal & Cincinatti, in back to back weeks he played brilliant tennis here right through until the end, his backto back losses too Federer, weren't bad losses in my oppinion, Lleyton played very well in both matches, especially in Cincinatti, Llwyton realy pushed him there, he had plenty of chances & took some of them however as with the previous 6 months of playing he has gotten edgy when under pressure and quickly gave back leads, although Federer's serve too me was the only thing that got him over the line, Hewitt consistently outplayed him from the back of the court, which was marvellous too watch, it will give him a ton of confidence and belief that he belongs with the best again. Watching Lleyton play Federer in the 2004 and 2005 seasons was hard to bear, because Lleyton was playing very well, but his game just seemed too suit Federer's preferred style of attack, Hewitt always hits the ball very short in the court with a lot of dip and spin, but Federer seemed too feed off all of the balls that Hewitt didn't get his required amount of spin on, and Federers legendary Forehand would take the ball so early and before you knew it he was at the net ready to carve Hewitt up (if he was able too return the brilliant Forehand). He now has mixed his game up a bit which is putting Federer off, watching them play now looks like a clash of the titans, 2 fantastic all court players showing off all of their skill and Finesse for our enjoyment. These are good signs for the future.
So my prediction is that by the end of the season Lleyton will be back in the top 10, I'd say at around #8-10, so fingers crossed that he stays injury free so he can regain a top 5 ranking again in the not too distant future.
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