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 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.
lose tough work
The work that I did to get through those two matches, to lose this is pretty tough to swallow.
lose win
One of us is going to win and one of us is going to lose but it won't be the be-all and end-all.
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,
competing golf handicap time
When I'm not competing I try and play as much golf as time allows, and my handicap is three.
next prefer
I won't be able to play at 100 percent. I prefer not to take a risk. I want to play in Rotterdam next week.
ball believer happen hard hitting pay tonight
I was hitting the ball pretty well today, ... It just didn't happen for me tonight or this week. But I'm a big believer that if you put in hard work, it will pay off.
aspect calm feels
I think one aspect of it was how calm I was on those important points. And the back feels all right too, so I'm very pleased.
body stomach
I think my body compensated for the stomach injury, making my back stiff.
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,
media possibly worst
Our media is possibly the worst in the world.
although careful days few next rest stomach
My stomach has responded well to rest over the weekend, although I've still got to be careful over the next few days not to over-do it.