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
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.
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.
came interested physically pleased
Not only was I really pleased with the way I played, I was more interested in how I would feel physically and I feel I came through very, very well,
came game good second sets third won work
In the first set, I won the big points, and in the second and third sets he was the one who came out on top. He's going to get better and better and has a good game to work with.
anyone playing
In my opinion, he's playing better than anyone in the world right now.
biggest influence
I don't think it had the biggest influence on the match.
best confident results
I didn't play my best but I didn't play too badly. I feel confident if I keep working hard, the results will come.
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.