This time it’s the men’s French Open champ and England’s lovable loser.
Rafael Nadal was beat by Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. It was pretty well known, as it has been for years, that clay specialists win the French Open and little else on the men’s side. Since 1982, only Andre Agassi has won other Grand Slam events along with the French Open. Nadal even said he didn’t expect to win Wimbledon this year, knowing his grass game was weak. Still an upset to not see him at least get to the quarters.
As for Tim Henman, he lost to Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6. Again, it’s a shame to realize that Henman may never win Wimbledon. He has played well in the past, but has yet to reach the finals. After his run the last few years at Wimbledon, and his run last year at the US Open, I was thinking he might pull it off sometime soon. Still hope he does, but doubt it will happen.
On the women’s side, 8 of the top 10 seeds are still left. A few other big names are still moving along, being Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, and Mary Pierce. After that though, most of the seeded players have already been sent home.
June 23rd, 2005 at 6:04 pm
This was his worst performance for about ten years, I doubt he’ll ever win Wimbledon now, but to be honest, he’s carried the burden of being Britain’s only hope for a long time.
I’m sure that he’ll be relieved to know that at last, we have a player in Andy Murray, who will share the burden somewhat.
At first glance, Murray seems to be a really useful player, and has the spirit and the passion that some felt Tim had lacked. I like a player who shows his emotion out on the court.