Lleyton Hewitt says he is enjoying a rare injury-free period and has taken advantage by putting in extra training time during the offseason.
The former No. 1, who underwent a second hip surgery shortly after this year's Australian Open, reports he has been working "at least six days a week, some seven days, going as hard as I can."
There've been no interruptions this year," he said. "When you train extremely hard, as I have this year, sometimes you get little niggles throughout and you have to have a couple of days off here and there...there's been none of that."
Hewitt hopes the preparation will pay dividends as he targets his stated goal of returning to the Top 10. "If I feel confident and know I've done all the hard work, I can go out there and hopefully execute what I've been working on," he said.