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
career early easier notice obviously took view
I took the view pretty early in my career to try and not take any notice of it but that's obviously easier said than done,
competing golf handicap time
When I'm not competing I try and play as much golf as time allows, and my handicap is three.
aware blown built experience press
With my experience of the press I am aware that these things get built up and blown out of proportion,
notice speak tennis
When you speak to tennis journalists, you notice how little they understand.
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.
court needs possible practice time
At least I know that it's still possible for me to do well even if my time on the practice court needs to be limited,
attacking coming difficult felt forward good huge obviously passing picking record result returning style time
As my record states, he's the most difficult for me to play if I'm attacking and coming forward all the time because he's so good at returning and then picking off the passing shots. It was good that I felt much more comfortable with a different style today, and obviously to get the result is a huge boost.
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,
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.
fortnight great
It has been a great fortnight for me,