Hewitt responds to Bob Bryan: "We weren't very surprised".
Heavily criticized for his decision to field singles players for the decisive doubles, instead of specialists in the discipline, Bob Bryan fully assumed his choice in a press conference. The US captain even explained that the aim was also to surprise the Australians.
Lleyton Hewitt, asked to comment on his nation's qualification for the semi-finals, didn't really agree with his American counterpart: "To be honest, we weren't very surprised. I'd seen them (Shelton and Paul) training together and doing drills during the week, so it wasn't as surprising as he'd hoped.
In the end, we knew our team and the players they had to play. If Thompson and Ebden have been training here for a few days, adapting to the conditions and gaining a lot of confidence. That's why they went out on court."
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