SONY ERICSSON OPEN
Date: 2007-03-23

SONY ERICSSON OPEN

March 23, 2007

Lleyton Hewitt
KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA
Question Just talk about the injury and the disappointment.
Lleyton Hewitt Yeah, obviously disappointed, but my back hasn't come up as well as I would have liked from last week, which is frustrating for me.
Not a whole heap I can do about it at the moment, but I don't want to go out there and play in pain, and obviously not being able to compete 100 percent like I'd like to every time I go on the court.

Question Is there a history with this?
Lleyton Hewitt No, it just happened first time last week in the first game of my match in Indian Wells, and I just haven't been able to shake it.
And I'm not going to go out and risk further injury. It's the last thing I need at the moment.

Question What are your plans from here?
Lleyton Hewitt Not sure at this stage. Just try and get some treatment, and hopefully it responds better in the next couple of weeks.

Question You're known for being such a fighter. This has just got to be gut wrenching for you to do this?
Lleyton Hewitt Yeah, it's just frustrating, but I don't want to go on the court knowing that I can't compete at my best, either. That's the most frustrating thing, and that's the thing I struggled with last week in Indian Wells.
I couldn't compete the way I wanted to, and that's why you end up losing some of those matches. That's the most disappointing thing.

Question Coming off Las Vegas you were feeling good?
Lleyton Hewitt Yeah, yeah, so that's been the biggest disappointment, because I enjoy these two tournaments. They're both on surfaces that I play well on, and obviously coming off Las Vegas and playing on American hard court, so it's disappointing.