@@WillPage not only the serve. He had a sooo predictable backhand. 99% cross-court and when he played the line it was mostly into the net or a rather slow winner because the opponent was absolutely not ready for it. Otherwise he was a great thinker, great mover. But once again it was all Federer at that time.
@@Blancrougeblanc in 2003 not yet I agree with your characteristic on Hewitt’s game. He was less talented in that fed generation (with fed Roddick safin Ferrero Nalbandian), but the most successful (apart from Federer). He was very predictable as a player, in terms of playing style, but very interesting to watch because of his fight spirit, only Djokovic and Nadal are better than him in that component and skill.
Hewitt was mentally tough but I think the modern tennis power game since 2003 left him behind. Actually, I don't recall Hewitt ever winning against the Fed. Of course, not until I saw this video.
Lleyton’s forehand had too big of a wind up for not getting the extra pop. If he had a shorter backswing with the same amount of pop he would have given way more problems
Tennis technology changed to make tennis balls bigger & courts slower. Took away Hewitts speed advantage. In era's past joker & nadal would never have won Wimbledon
They wouldnt have hardly anything if it wasnt for this this as you said. Esp Nadal who was utterly useless outside of clay courts. It shows people dont watch the game they only watch the names presented,, if they watched the game theyd clearly see a massive change in court speed around this time (2003), they must have realised they needed to slow the courts down a tad bjt more, and weight the balls a bit more so as to bring power more to the fore,, this game was clearly still slightly advantaging Hewitt as the balls still looked quite light and less fluffy still,, but Federer was getting closer to him and you can see Federer moaning about something towards the end of the fifth set. He was their chosen one and hed have been working with them to relay advice needed to bring his game to the top of the pile. Hewitt was clearly not a guy they wanted dominating thats for sure.
I seriously doubt that the slower courts benefitted Federer compared to faster ones. Federer‘s technique changed to my mind significantly in 2005 and also a bit more again in 2006 and the rest is history. On a fast court of the so called past, Hewitt prime gets annihilated by Federer prime, and I‘ll wager that Nadal and Djokovic prime would do the same to him…
Was in the crowd that day... who would have ever thought that that would be the last time Hewitt would come close to Fed. Fed owned him completely for the rest of his career.
Young Federer fell apart all the time. People knew that he was good, but mentally Federer at the age was a basket case. Federer could have won this game, and lost it in the "locker room." Federer had to find the right sports psychologist to be what he is today and ironically Federer adopted some of Hewitt's game, including the "come on" he so hated originally. Hewitt did it first turning defense into offense with no glaring weaknesses in Hewitt's game except his by comparison diminutive structure and lack of strength. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray would all go on to eventually play a version of Hewitt's game except better.
Lleyton Hewitt... My favourite tennis player. It's a pity that he could not win any more Grand Slams. That was the Era of Federer.
And than Djokovic and Nadal appeared
Imagine if he had an awesome serve.
@@WillPage not only the serve. He had a sooo predictable backhand. 99% cross-court and when he played the line it was mostly into the net or a rather slow winner because the opponent was absolutely not ready for it. Otherwise he was a great thinker, great mover. But once again it was all Federer at that time.
@@Blancrougeblanc in 2003 not yet
I agree with your characteristic on Hewitt’s game. He was less talented in that fed generation (with fed Roddick safin Ferrero Nalbandian), but the most successful (apart from Federer).
He was very predictable as a player, in terms of playing style, but very interesting to watch because of his fight spirit, only Djokovic and Nadal are better than him in that component and skill.
鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥鞥
Just passing through on my journey to watch every Federer match.
Jajaja you are a joke
All 1300?!? You mad lad
What an amazing quality. Thanks for the upload!
When the Davis Cup actually meant something. Now sadly, it's nothing more than an afterthought.
believe it or not that Davis cup semi final loss was the best thing that happen to him
It's so rare for me to see Federer not smile at the handshaking
Amazing balls of Hewitt
This was last time Hewitt won against Fed until Halle final 2010?
yep
Brisbane International 2013
@@precessionoftheequinoxes3224 2014.
The Federer's era starts from the loss
Hewitt was mentally tough but I think the modern tennis power game since 2003 left him behind. Actually, I don't recall Hewitt ever winning against the Fed. Of course, not until I saw this video.
Hewitt had a winning head to head record against young Federer 6-2 up until 2004, you have a lot of games too watch.
Hewitt also won their last match.
@@orestes1984 The reason he doesn't recall is cos Hewitt lost 13 in a row against Fed in a 6 year losing streak.
The beginning of rogers greatness
That davis cup loss may be the best thing that happened to roger
this has to be one of my favorite mathes ever
ヒューイットマジかっこいい
俺の中のヒーローはフェデラーじゃなくヒューイット
Lleyton’s forehand had too big of a wind up for not getting the extra pop. If he had a shorter backswing with the same amount of pop he would have given way more problems
His groundstrokes were weak, period.
His backhand was quite good, especially down the line
Tennis technology changed to make tennis balls bigger & courts slower. Took away Hewitts speed advantage. In era's past joker & nadal would never have won Wimbledon
They wouldnt have hardly anything if it wasnt for this this as you said. Esp Nadal who was utterly useless outside of clay courts. It shows people dont watch the game they only watch the names presented,, if they watched the game theyd clearly see a massive change in court speed around this time (2003), they must have realised they needed to slow the courts down a tad bjt more, and weight the balls a bit more so as to bring power more to the fore,, this game was clearly still slightly advantaging Hewitt as the balls still looked quite light and less fluffy still,, but Federer was getting closer to him and you can see Federer moaning about something towards the end of the fifth set. He was their chosen one and hed have been working with them to relay advice needed to bring his game to the top of the pile. Hewitt was clearly not a guy they wanted dominating thats for sure.
I seriously doubt that the slower courts benefitted Federer compared to faster ones. Federer‘s technique changed to my mind significantly in 2005 and also a bit more again in 2006 and the rest is history. On a fast court of the so called past, Hewitt prime gets annihilated by Federer prime, and I‘ll wager that Nadal and Djokovic prime would do the same to him…
Oh Lleyton, little did you know what was to come for you...
Was in the crowd that day... who would have ever thought that that would be the last time Hewitt would come close to Fed. Fed owned him completely for the rest of his career.
Remember when Australia was a vaguely free country?
You don't understand freedom karen
I can serve the same as lleyton Hewitt and roger federer
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matildaaa
Was this before or after Wimbledon 2003?
after
After!!!!!
Local linesmen did their job perfectly
What an ingracious winner. I had forgotten that about Hewitt. Gross.
How was he ingracious?
furiousflower Davis cup means a lot to him, and every Australian. Also him and Roger are good friends
Ingracious winner = Djokovic
@@aesir1ases64 lol haters gonna hate hate hate
It was Federer who didn't hang around long to shake hands..
Can count on Federer to blow a 2 set lead 😂 #frauderer
Fraud? 20 grand slams... Try again bud
@@thomascoe2809 weak era
@@WuzzaWombat Weak response.
@@SnookerFan-kl1jj cry more
@@WuzzaWombat What for?
It's so weird to watch Federer fall apart.
Young Federer fell apart all the time. People knew that he was good, but mentally Federer at the age was a basket case. Federer could have won this game, and lost it in the "locker room."
Federer had to find the right sports psychologist to be what he is today and ironically Federer adopted some of Hewitt's game, including the "come on" he so hated originally. Hewitt did it first turning defense into offense with no glaring weaknesses in Hewitt's game except his by comparison diminutive structure and lack of strength. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray would all go on to eventually play a version of Hewitt's game except better.