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
practice problem treating
I haven't been able to practice as much as I would have wanted, but at least I know what the problem is and how to go about treating it,
came eight felt fire giving good net previous seen
I had to be a lot more patient, more selective, when I came forward. It was good a I felt comfortable with a different style. The eight previous times I've seen that fire because I've been at the net giving him a target.
frame fresh good happy hitting motivated played
I'm happy with the way I'm hitting the ball, ... I feel motivated but having played so little I still feel pretty fresh and in a good frame of mind.
biggest influence
I don't think it had the biggest influence on the match.
played
I didn't play great, I didn't play badly. Marat just played better than me.
badly ended tonight
I didn't play badly tonight but ended up losing. Sometimes, that's the way it goes.
bit focus hopefully match rolls solely time
Hopefully by the time my first-round match rolls around it'll be a bit better and I'll be able to focus solely on winning.
andy fulfil help hopefully notice potential sensible team trying written
Hopefully, Andy won't take too much notice about what's written or said about him. Hopefully he'll have a sensible team around him that will help him concentrate on trying to fulfil his potential and not let anything detract from that.
monday start sure week
I'm disappointed right now, but I'm sure that a week from Monday (the start of Wimbledon) I'll be raring to go.
high improved raised second
I improved in the second set but I don't think I raised it high enough,
I'm 0-8. It's not much different from 0-9. So let's see what happens.
felt game good played round service
But I do like the way I responded from that. I just played another good service game and just felt all round it was a good performance.
pleased today win
I am pleased with this win especially because I didn't feel so comfortable today on court.
allowed best occasions perhaps player proved
He proved he's the best player in the world right now. It's one of those occasions where I didn't perhaps play my best, but I wasn't allowed to.