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
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.
beaten building good hopefully player twice
It's a good win. He's a top-20 player and I've beaten him twice this year. Hopefully I can keep building on this.
player winning years
I've had some decent wins this year against higher ranked players but what I've failed to do is to build on those.
responsibility player needs
The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.
player europe russia
There is no desire from the new British players. They say their coach doesn't travel with them so it's hard, but I played hundreds of players from Eastern Europe and Russia who had no facilities at all.
fortnight great
It has been a great fortnight for me,
few fit focusing staying
I still feel I have a few more years left. I am focusing on staying fit as I want to play more tournaments.
burnt number time
I think for the first time I was a little burnt out after a number of years playing.
bit couple games
Just in the first couple of games I did feel I was a little bit rigid,
bug french fresh rest sure
I think it's a bug of some sort, probably nothing serious. Now I need to rest and make sure I feel fresh for the French Open.
dropped serve skirt
I think I said I would put on a skirt if I dropped serve again.
believer certainly hard hard-work pay results shown somewhere work
It certainly hasn't shown in my results yet, but I'm a big believer the hard work you put in will pay off somewhere down the line.
certainly deny nature opponents surface tough wimbledon
Wimbledon is certainly getting harder, I can't deny that. With the nature of my opponents and the nature of the surface it's going to be a tough challenge.
athlete ball crucial great high hit level physique pleased tennis winning
Winning the tiebreak was crucial and I am pleased to get through. The level of tennis was very high in the first set. He is a great athlete with a great physique and he can hit the ball hard.