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
australian coming enjoyed good offers open playing thinking winning
I've always enjoyed coming to Doha and playing here. The Qatar Open offers a good tune-up before the Australian Open but I am not thinking about winning it.
goal qualify
To be honest, the goal was to qualify for Houston.
option sleep today
They said, 'It's up to you. You don't have to play now. We're like, 'Now you tell us. What option have we got? If we don't play, we're not going to sleep before 3 or 4 o'clock, and then we've got to play today and Saturday.
bored context happened holidays human looked nature school sick tennis time
There were times in 2005 when I was sick of tennis but I looked at it in the context of over 20 years competing. My school holidays used to be about which tournaments I'd play in. It's human nature to get just a little bored with it and that is the first time it had happened to me.
begun confident difficult foundation months pay six
After a difficult first six months of the year, I've begun to put some foundation into my game, ... It didn't pay off tonight. I'm confident it will down the road.
best last year
After having my best year in the slams last year, it's probably been one of my most disappointing,
competing golf handicap time
When I'm not competing I try and play as much golf as time allows, and my handicap is three.
media possibly worst
Our media is possibly the worst in the world.
anyone playing
In my opinion, he's playing better than anyone in the world right now.
aware confident good gradually healed increase intensity obviously open rolls time totally trying
I'll have to be aware of gradually trying to increase my intensity and work-out, but I'm confident that it's going to be totally healed by the time the US Open rolls around, which is obviously good news.
although aware careful confident days few gradually increase intensity next obviously rest stomach totally trying
I'll obviously have to be aware of trying to gradually increase my intensity and work-rate on court, but I'm confident it's going to be totally healed, ... My stomach has responded well to rest although I've still got to be careful over the next few days not to over-do it.
definitely needs rest
I'll definitely rest now because that's what it needs because of the (back) inflammation, but I've got some time.
balls hit hold serve
I just had to be patient, hold my own serve and make him hit as many balls as possible.
difficult frustrated last year
I had difficult times last year and I was pretty frustrated with everything.