centralparker Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 In Henman's defence, his four semi losses were against Sampras (twice), Hewitt and Ivanisevic, who all went on to eventually claim the title. Although, he probably should have beaten Goran in 2001 when he was 2-1 up in sets. I too will spring to Henman's defence. He's been the best British male tennis player in the last 30/40 years by a country mile. He's often unfairly labelled a "nearly man" which I find distasteful. After all, he has been a positive role model for the sport over here and has conducted himself as a gentleman. Nobody else in recent memory can approach his success on court. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I too will spring to Henman's defence. He's been the best British male tennis player in the last 30/40 years by a country mile. He's often unfairly labelled a "nearly man" which I find distasteful. After all, he has been a positive role model for the sport over here and has conducted himself as a gentleman. Nobody else in recent memory can approach his success on court. Good post. The only people who think Henman hasn't achieved much are idiot Britons who think tennis only lasts for 2 weeks a year on grass. If Murray has as good a career as Henman he will have done very well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spanky Rodriguez Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Yip, he might have the personality of a German accountant but he's not done too badly for himself. Hasn't he won something like $10 million in prize money alone????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Yip, he might have the personality of a German accountant but he's not done too badly for himself. Hasn't he won something like $10 million in prize money alone????? It was all from Persil Tim Henman is obviously a very successful sportsman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spanky Rodriguez Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 And his clothes are whiter than most thanks to the new advanced Persil washing tablets that he uses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 And his clothes are whiter than most thanks to the new advanced Persil washing tablets that he uses What a shite thing for a sportsman to advertise Actually, Tim Henman made allhis £10,000,000 smuggling cocaine and heroin aroundthe tour, using his 'Tiger Tim' nice-guy image to cover up the Pablo Escobar-esque truth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 if Murray continues improving year on year he should be in the final by the age of 22-23. Pretty good I'd say - although obviously it doesn't always work like that. I do think he needs a coach soon though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spanky Rodriguez Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I do think he needs a coach soon though. And a sponsorship deal with a leading washing powder 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Freud Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I do think he needs a coach soon though. I think he said yesterday that that was the next thing on the agenda. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I think he said yesterday that that was the next thing on the agenda. Cool, I didn't see or hear anything post match yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohan Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Cool, I didn't see or hear anything post match yesterday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5142844.stm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart. Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I too will spring to Henman's defence. He's been the best British male tennis player in the last 30/40 years by a country mile. He's often unfairly labelled a "nearly man" which I find distasteful. After all, he has been a positive role model for the sport over here and has conducted himself as a gentleman. Nobody else in recent memory can approach his success on court. Yeah, I hope all the young tennis players in the country followed his example and blasted tennis balls into the faces of young ball girls in a hissy fit of temper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tomsk The Beano Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Rather than that than being a spoilt oik who continually cusses when he loses a point and who goes crying to mama when he loses a match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Yeah, I hope all the young tennis players in the country followed his example and blasted tennis balls into the faces of young ball girls in a hissy fit of temper. Except he didn't. He hit the ball without looking in that direction and was just unfortunate that the ball girl had moved across the court at that point, where he wasnt expecting her to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centralparker Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Murray certainly has the ability to surpass Henman and I hope he does. But credit to Tim for bringing the UK tennis scene to life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 It really annoys me when people slag off old Timmy Ra - not only has he enjoyed prolonged success at Wimbledon, but he's also won a multitude of tour events and appeared in the semi finals of two of the other three grand slams. Also, how long was he ranked in the top twenty for? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermac Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Murray on live on Sky Sports Extra right now. Just won the first set of his QF against Nieminen of Finland in the Toronto Masters and looking good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laid Back Maverick Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Murray on live on Sky Sports Extra right now. Just won the first set of his QF against Nieminen of Finland in the Toronto Masters and looking good. Let's see if he becomes injured if he starts losing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thefamousphilosifer Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Murray on live on Sky Sports Extra right now. Just won the first set of his QF against Nieminen of Finland in the Toronto Masters and looking good. Serving for the match now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Making it hard for himself as usual. A break up in the final set, but it's never that easy with Murray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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