Lleyton Hewitt believes his most recent month-long layoff with an ankle injury has put him in a good position to mount a serious challenge for the Australian Open title next month.
Hewitt missed the final month of this season through injury but believes it will work in his favour since most of the world's top players are fatigued after a gruelling schedule that included Masters tournaments in Madrid and Paris, and the Masters Cup in Shanghai.
"I'm going to be a lot fresher than [Roger] Federer," said the former world number one.
"Even when you look at [Novak] Djokovic, [Rafael] Nadal and [Nikolay] Davydenko, they were getting tired at the Masters Cup so I'm going to be a lot fresher than those guys, but I've just got to try and get some matches under my belt."
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Good spin! Too bad they don't play the AO right now when everyone else is on vacation!
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