Henman vs. Cilic.

XCW4EVA · County player

Henman vs. Cilic.

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Henners takes the 2nd 6-2

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Henners breaks first game of final set

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Henners 3-1 up in 3rd, Cillic to serve

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Henman holds for 4-2 with Cillic to serve.
Cillic looking more comfortable in his own serve and more threatening on Henners serve

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Comfortable hold for Cillic, 4-3 with to Henman with TH to serve?

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Cillic breaks for 4-4

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Cillic leads 3rd set for first time and Tim has to serve to stay in it

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3 Missed first serves don't help his cause 15-30

Henman misses easy volley, 2 MP's for Cillic

XCW4EVA · County player

Aced the first one,
another missed volley by henners and he's out, well he should have beaten Cillic as he was pretty dross, but henners looked like he lacked aggression

Count Zero · Tennis legend

ouch, henman is going to shoot down the rankings now. what went wrong?

mike55 · Lower Club Player

Count Zero wrote:

ouch, henman is going to shoot down the rankings now. what went wrong?

Well, losing the last 4 games of the match didn't help. Sadly this isn't the first time we've seen Tim throw a match away.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh dear, that was a disaster. Flashes of brilliance were too few and far between; Cilic is good, but erratic, and on a good day Tim would have slaughtered him.

If he doesn't have a good run at Wimbledon, I fear he may be forced into retirement whether he wants to or not - he will not be ranked high enough to get into ATP tournaments. But he only has 35 points (2nd round) to defend there, so there is still some hope. . .

christian · Intermediate Club Player

Exactly what I thought. It's a shame but if he doesn't reach 3rd round at least at Wimbledon I can't see him carrying on anymore. He'll lose too many points with this loss and he's reliant on a good draw at Wimbledon.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

He is playing in Nottingham next week and hopefully he will have a good run there....I thought he'd get his 500 win by or during Wimbledon, now I just want him to get it....but I believe what he says when he says he is hitting the ball well in practice, hopefully he will win next week and go from there....

I am already mourning the day he leaves the game though....I have loved following him over the years and just wish he & Greg had had more impact on the British game and inspired more young players to make the break through or pick up a raquet....not his/their fault, but still....wish it had happened.