Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBEis a retired English professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first male player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Henman never reached the finals of any Grand Slam but reached six Grand Slam semifinals and won 15 career ATP titles, including the Paris Masters in 2003. Also, he scored 40 wins and 14 losses with...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth6 September 1974
both good great hit played
We've never played before, ... But I've got a pretty good idea of how he plays. He's a great shot-maker and he can hit both his forehand and backhand very well.
felt knife saturday seized sticking totally walk
My back totally seized up on Saturday evening; I couldn't walk and it felt like someone was sticking a knife in my back.
My back is getting better by the day,
days few last
My back has stiffened up over the last few days which is frustrating,
bit deeper obviously terms
Obviously I wanted to do better in terms of going a bit deeper into the tournament,
court hard home match next putting step time
Obviously, I've been working hard back home and putting a lot of time on the court and in the gym, but when you step out on the match court it is the next level,
bizarre doubt good level playing space stuff
No doubt the most bizarre I've ever played. I'm shocked, really. His level went from nonexistent to playing some pretty good stuff in the space of a game.
hope next rather
I wouldn't have been able to play at 100 percent. I'd rather not take the chance. I still hope I can play in Rotterdam next week.
lose win
One of us is going to win and one of us is going to lose but it won't be the be-all and end-all.
energy fine levels quite towards
My energy levels were fine but towards the end, during the changeovers, my back was getting quite stiff.
difficult dominated doubt months problems results
There's no doubt it's been a difficult 15 or 16 months and that's been probably dominated more by back problems than my results on the court.
chances difficult match middle period
I started the match really well but had a difficult period in the middle and had my chances at the end. That's the way it goes, that's sport.
changing either guard hearing maybe mystery offended passing please supposed time welcome
I've been hearing about this. It's either the changing of the guard or I'm supposed to be passing him something. Is it a torch? Is it a flag? Maybe it's a baton. There's this mystery thing that I'm supposed to be passing to Andy, and he's welcome to it. Please pass it on to him. I won't be offended this time if you write that.
lose tough work
The work that I did to get through those two matches, to lose this is pretty tough to swallow.