Tim Henman’s Perfect Farewell
Posted on September 22, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Tim Henman got the ideal Wimbledon farewell as he helped Great Britain’s bid to qualify for the Davis Cup world group by defeating Croatia’s Roko Karanusic on Friday.
Henman is going to retire at the end of the tie at the All-England Club. He was so determined to go out on a high.
After Andy Murray had defeated Marin Cilic in five sets, Henman advanced to Wimbledon’s Number One Court and brushed aside world number 164 Karanusic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to give Great Britain a 2-0 lead going into Saturday’s doubles.
Over 11,000 supporters rose to applaud Henman for one last time at the place where he went through so much pleasure and anguish in his disastrous attempt to win his home Grand Slam.
Henman will probably partner Jamie Murray, Andy’s brother, in the doubles and win would finish his career and the former Wimbledon semi-finalist admitted it was hard not to think about the end.
Henman said “This is a long weekend of tennis and just because I played a good match the job’s not done. After playing for this long in my career a couple more days isn’t going to be too much to ask. There were a couple of times when I had to bring myself back a little because it is very easy for your mind to wander onto a lot of difficult topics”.
He added “Thinking about playing at Wimbledon in potentially my last match and the emotions of that, the crowd and my family watching. So definitely a couple of times I really had to bring myself back into the zone.”
Well this is really a very emotional time for Henman.
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