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
great played playing shots taking
First and foremost, he played some great tennis. He was the one playing very aggressively and taking shots on.
both good great hit played
We've never played before, ... But I've got a pretty good idea of how he plays. He's a great shot-maker and he can hit both his forehand and backhand very well.
fortnight great
It has been a great fortnight for me,
great happen hit lose point serve shots turning
To lose my serve at 40-love - he hit some great shots but you can't let that happen - that was the turning point of the match.
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.
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.
arrived badly great ill physical sunday weeks won year
It's ironic, ... In 2003 I had been ill and arrived here Sunday and won the tournament. This year I had 2 1/2 weeks of great training, doing a lot of physical work. I didn't play badly and lost.
ball bottom coming easy great hitting level playing results since time won
It's not easy coming back from a long lay-off but it was great to be back playing. It was my first time back here since I won in 2003. I had great preparation and I've been hitting the ball well in practice, but at the level we are playing at results are the bottom line.
event great weekend
It's awesome, it's a big weekend of tennis. I've had a great event and I want to keep going.
finally good huge result
To get the result is a huge boost. It was a good one to finally win.
goal qualify
To be honest, the goal was to qualify for Houston.
birthday bonus far finish good
Everything so far has been a bonus and this is a good way to finish my birthday.
andy beat best events level massive masters matches reason series six win
At the Masters Series events, you have to win six matches and you play the very best guys. But once you can beat Roddick and Hewitt, there's no reason why you can't do it. It's another level for Andy but not a massive step.
issue practicing trying
When it does get irritated, you get a lot of inflammation in that area. It's very difficult, if you're practicing and trying to play, to keep that down. That was really the issue today.