Young Canadian Milos Raonic admits that two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt's experience and know-how was one of the keys to the Aussie’s 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 third round victory over him at the Australian Open. "I started out nervous," Raonic said. "I struggled more with him than I did with anything else really. He was keeping the ball very low. He was hitting always constant pace and quite low. Even when he was defending, he was always defending low. You could see his belief start to grow more and more. He's a very smart player. He knows how to win. When he smells a little bit of weakness, he just really pounces on it and he knows how to expose it. He's not the type of person that will give you really anything. Doesn't matter how hurt he's been, how old he is, he's as much of a competitor as he ever was. He got me with that."
Raonic: Hewitt knows when to pounce
By Jan 21, 2012Your Game
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