Henman should win but you never know. Lopez is an unpredictable player who holds some unique head-to-head records: 3-1 against Safin, 3-0 vs Davydenko, 3-2 vs Ljubicic and so on. Given the conditions and Tim's form I reckon Henners through but I feel that today it won't be a piece of cake.
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"The Finnish Flash" Proud supporter of Tim Henman, Viktor Ujcik, Mario Lemieux and Teemu Selanne.
is it just me or oes every news article cocerning henman also include some snippet on an injury etc, not justthe recent ones, but from as far back as i can remmeber. its almost as if he has a excuse lined up in advnace. is thsi somethign that is just him, or maybe has devloped in reaction to the excessive attetions of the press i wonder.
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5 all and Tim pulls back from 0-30 down to hold for 6-5.
I'm surprised we haven't a separate thread for this match, after all it decides whether Tim goes through to the quarters or packs his bags, but I suppose it isn't worth starting one now.
If you look at the service %s Tim is winning a higher % of points on his first and second serves than Feli.....he also has 13 aces compared to just two doubles.....it just looks like he played one loose service game and lost the second set....that was the only break of the match so with Henman serving first and holding hopefully Feli will choke....
No matter what.....a tight three setter than means something will be good for Tim to fight through having been off for so long....but might mess him up against Hewitt if they both get through....
He just held comfortably for a 2-1 lead in the third......