Lleyton Hewitt has declared his Australian Open preparations on track despite a straight sets Hopman Cup hammering from Novak Djokovic. Hewitt is cramming match fitness in Perth, the 6-2 6-4 loss to the world No.3 just his second singles match since returning from a serious hand injury. The world No.54 displayed his trademark fighting qualities but was ultimately outclassed on Tuesday night as Serbia took the tie 3-0, ending any chance of Australia reaching the Hopman Cup final. But the 29-year-old Australian said he was pleased with his individual progress ahead of a final group match against Kazakhstan on Thursday. 澳洲野兔修伊特表示，儘管他在霍普曼盃與世界第三的塞爾維亞選手Novak Djokovic 對決失利，以6-2 6-4輸球，但他認為自己的狀態已步上軌道。而這還只是他從治療 手傷後，回到球場上的第二場單打比賽。 這位排名世界第54的名將，在霍普曼盃賽事中，展現了他招牌的拼鬥精神，可惜最終 仍被塞爾維亞以壓倒性的3-0記錄，終結了澳洲隊晉級決賽的希望。 儘管如此，但29歲的他仍對週四對戰哈薩克的賽程充滿期待，即使這已和晉級與否無關。 "It was probably exactly what I needed,” Hewitt said of his clash with Djokovic.Second match up to play a quality player, he played as well as he could. “My ball striking was right where I want it be at the moment, still a week-and-a-half out from the Aussie (Open).“I was pretty happy with my movement. “I haven’t played three sets in any of my singles matches but so far the body’s holding up pretty well.“There were a couple of break opportunities, I could have been up a break in both sets. “It was a big step up. I hit the ball a lot better than I did in my first match. “He’s just come off playing the tour finals in London against the best guys in the world and he played in the Davis Cup final as well, so he’s match tough at the moment and playing those big points extremely well.” 他說，與實力如此堅強的對手交戰後，他認為過程中自己發揮的很好， "這或許是我所需要的(對戰)，在當下我的球能隨心所欲的轟進我想要的落點， 離澳網還有一個多禮拜的時間，我為我的移位腳步感到開心。目前為止，我還 沒機會遇上打滿三盤的單打比賽，但我覺得自己的身體狀態非常好。而且我在 與Djo交手的這兩盤裡都有破發機會。" "擊球狀態有很大的提升，比我第一場比賽要好很多，Djo剛打完倫敦年終賽不久， 那裡聚集了世界的頂尖好手，他也有參與台維斯盃決賽，這些經驗，讓他在處理 關鍵分時顯得特別出色。" Hewitt said Thursday’s clash with world No.36 Andrey Golubev would be another important step in his preparation for the Australian Open. “He’s a great shot maker. He’s not going to be easy, he’s going to go out there with an attitude of nothing to lose and be slapping balls around everywhere,” Hewitt said. 修伊特說，週四與排名第36位的哈薩克選手Andrey Golubev交戰，也會是他為 澳網熱身的重要步驟。 "他擅長很多球路，絕不會是個容易應付的對手，他一定會抱著沒什麼好輸的態度， 把球快速地打進我場內的任何地方。" http://tinyurl.com/287669p --

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