It's the end of June & most of the country is under rain water - it must be time for Wimbledon. Of late, us Brits have been bewitched by a new, younger model, young Andrew Murray; alas, a wrist injury sees him absent from SW19. Rusedski has retired. Tim Henman may be showing his age & wrestling with his own thoughts of retirement, but our hopes remain with him.
It's a bit unfair on him really, as he's given us 14 years of excellent, if ultimately frustrating service, but he's rising to the challenge of keeping Henman Hill populated yet again. Having had a terrible year to date, struggling to string two match victories together, it wouldn't be unfair to expect him to leave in round one, especially when drawn against the talented Spaniard, Carlos Moya, seeded 25. While unseeded, Henman does have the benefit of requiring his opponent to beat both him AND the partisan Wimbledon audience, and so it was that a night-interrupted match of high quality & great tension went to 5 sets, with our Tim winning out eventually 13 games to 11 in the 5th, successfully converting his 7th match point.
At a time when winning a first round match feels like winning the entire tournament, it remains unfair of us to expect too much, but Wimbledon is always a better place for the courage of Tim Henman.
2 comments:
I couldn't believe that Tim Henman is still around! Forget Greg Rusedski (that Canadian traitor who left Canada when he figured he'd get more money and exposure via his very thin Brit connection).
I'm shocked that he's still around and glad he's there to still show that he will always do well at Wimbledon.
Tim is doing us proud - though I'm not sure for how much longer this championship! As for Greg, well, being a Brit, we tend to welcome the immigrants while they're winning, and remind them of their origins when they're down on their luck. Think Greg, think Lennox Lewis. That said, Greg did us proud a few times, and so not being Canadian I don't think I'd go so far as to call him a traitor!
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