Tim Henman's away
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Tim Henman's away
the guy was so british it hurt i think they call it honorable failure.
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eddie - [nope] cartel
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Re: Tim Henman's away
eddie wrote:the guy was so british it hurt i think they call it honorable failure.
I think he was a bit like Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards. Didn't really have any real credibility but was followed as an underdog.
Watched him play at Queens some time ago... it was pretty painful in the context of the top players.
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No no no this is all getting a bit unfair Tim Henman is/was far more than the stereotypical British good loser, sorry guys it is cheap comment to fall back on that.
He is the best British player since Fred Perry in the 1930s, got to number 4 in the world, reached 6 grand slam semi-finals, won 11 tour titles, and remember that Kournikova didn't win a single one (I know she had other assets!)
In most, if not all, of his grand slam semi-final defeats he was beaten by the eventual winner, usually Sampras, so no shame there. His one big missed opportunity was losing to Ivanesevic in the Wimbledon semi broken up by umpteen rain delays, when he had match points.
The Henmania fueled by the media was pretty stupid, and certainly didn't help his cause, but cool reflection shows a damn good player who possibly over achieved rather than the popular opposite assumption.
Yeah all a bit serious for banter but I couldn't let it go
He is the best British player since Fred Perry in the 1930s, got to number 4 in the world, reached 6 grand slam semi-finals, won 11 tour titles, and remember that Kournikova didn't win a single one (I know she had other assets!)
In most, if not all, of his grand slam semi-final defeats he was beaten by the eventual winner, usually Sampras, so no shame there. His one big missed opportunity was losing to Ivanesevic in the Wimbledon semi broken up by umpteen rain delays, when he had match points.
The Henmania fueled by the media was pretty stupid, and certainly didn't help his cause, but cool reflection shows a damn good player who possibly over achieved rather than the popular opposite assumption.
Yeah all a bit serious for banter but I couldn't let it go
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Yep I agree John. Not only did he get to number 4 in the world, he was in the top 20 without dropping out for about 8 years. If we had an orienteer who did that (can't say I follow the world rankings in O, have we done?) then we would rightly be proud of him/her rather than calling him/her a loser.
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