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Hewitt happy to talk - just don't mention the 'C' word

AFP,  November, 2004  

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PARIS (AFP) — Lleyton Hewitt emerged from a three week break firing on all cylinders and was happy to talk about the teenage kicks of opponent Gael Monfils, the strains of the tour and the way to solve them.

But there was one word which could not be prised from his lips - the 'C' word.

The ATP minders warned the media that the 23-year-old Australian would not discuss Kim Clijsters who, until recently, he was confidently expecting to be his wife come next February.

One reporter tried to coax the world number three into describing how that emotional turmoil translated itself into his professional career, but Hewitt was having none of it.

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"I've got no comment, mate," fired back Hewitt.

"That was a legitimate tennis question. I don't want to pry," pleaded the reporter but Hewitt, never comfortable discussing his private life at the best of times, ...