[訪問]韓曼2004年溫網八強戰訪問
T. Henman Interview
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Tim for you.
Q. You were quite confident going into the whole championships. Can you talk
us through the match, how you saw it?
TIM HENMAN: I think the first set was very important for both of us because I
think that we were both playing at a very, very high level, and
there weren't too many chances flying around. Ended up being an
important tiebreak, I think. After he was able to win that set, I
think, he gained confidence, and his level, if anything probably
got a little bit better. And I think, you know, second and third
sets, my level went down. You know, there's no question that the
better player won on the day.
Q. What was the turning point in the match for you?
TIM HENMAN: No turning point exactly. I think just, the first set ended up
being critical. As I said, his confidence and his level got
better after that, and mine unfortunately didn't.
Q. Still a massive disappointment for you, isn't it?
TIM HENMAN: Very, very much so. Very much so.
Q. Why do you feel your level dropped after the first set?
TIM HENMAN: It happens. You know, it's not something I wanted it to happen,
don't get me wrong. I think with, the confidence of his serving
and, how he was able to hold serve a lot of the time, that's always
going to be the basis for your confidence.
I felt like he was not only putting me under pressure with his
serve, but, you know, started to return much more consistently.
And that, again, adds an even greater amount of pressure onto my
game.
You know, you start to force a little bit, you start going for a
little bit extra on certain shots, and that can bring out some
errors. You know, that was the case.
Q. John McEnroe was saying and Boris Becker were saying they wanted to see
you mix it up more, maybe stay back on the baseline. Can you tell us why you
sort of didn't stay back a bit more?
TIM HENMAN: Because I didn't think that was the right tactic.
Q. There was a fairly critical point in the first set tiebreak, 2-All, put him
3-2 up, that looked to be long. Did that put you off your stride?
TIM HENMAN: No. Again, you know, I, you know, felt like it could have been
out, as well. I think I know the point that you're talking about.
But, you know, that's the nature of it. You know, absolutely some
of the tight calls against Philippoussis went my way. Perhaps that
one didn't go my way, but I don't think you can ?? I don't really
think that a match is going to be dictated by, one call that goes
your way or against you.
But I think it's much more to do with, the quality of his play.
I'm disappointed with the level of my play second and third sets.
But I still would say that he has, a large part to play in that.
Q. You've half answered this question. Did he win it or did you lose it?
TIM HENMAN: He won it. That's what I believe.
Q. Did the level of his game surprise you?
TIM HENMAN: Anyone that's playing in a Wimbledon quarterfinal is a good player,
don't get me wrong. But I felt that ?? I was right to a certain
extent ?? the nature of the match was going to be similar to the
nature of a Philippoussis.
Having played them both, if I were to make the comparison between
Ancic and Philippoussis, well, he's serving bigger than
Philippoussis, his second serve was more accurate, was faster,
coming down from a greater height. I felt like he returned a lot
better.
You know, that was the difference. I felt that, you know, I played
a good match and was able to overcome Philippoussis' challenge. But
unfortunately for me, Ancic was at a higher level than that. I w
asn't able to deal with that.
Q. How much did the Philippoussis match take out of you mentally? Anything at
all?
TIM HENMAN: Nothing. If anything, it helped me ? confidence. When you come
through a match like that, you've got to feel good about yourself,
good about your game. And I think I portrayed, you know, I was
happy to come through that. And absolutely, I came into this match
confident.
Q. I know it must become wearing when you're asked to compare disappointments
year on year. How does it compare?
TIM HENMAN: I think it's worse, actually. That's the honest answer.
Q. Your hopes were high this year, presumably.
TIM HENMAN: Yeah, well, again, I think you can try and be ?? you can try and
look at it sort of in perspective and you could say, "Well, how
far has my game come in the last 12 months?" I couldn't have been
more sort of disappointed with my game 12 months ago. And now I
look at the results that I've had, and I look at the last seven
months, and I've won a Masters Series, I've been in the semis of
the French.
But, you know, right now, it's no consolation. I mean, my hopes
were ?? my hopes and desires and aims were to win this tournament.
And having lost it, it's a tough one to swallow.
Q. The crowd here are very responsive to how you play. When you're winning,
they're very up on top of it. When things are going against you, they go a
bit quiet. Would you like them to be a bit more proactive when you're
struggling?
TIM HENMAN: I'd like my performance to be better. The support I've had is
absolutely phenomenal. You know, could we have a perfect balance
every time? Well, it's probably asking a bit much on a grass
court.
The crowd, I don't think I could ask for more. So, no, I wouldn't
say that, you know, the atmosphere on the Centre Court can be much
better. Sure, when I'm winning, you know, I'm coming through
tight games and tight sets, with Philippoussis, the atmosphere is
incredible. When I'm down two sets, you known, it's a tough
environment for everybody.
Q. Does this one hurt more than the others?
TIM HENMAN: I thought I just answered that question, didn't I, Nigel?
Q. I'd like you to explain a bit more.
TIM HENMAN: Again (smiling).
Yeah, I think it gets worse actually.
Q. Is that because the diminishing returns, i.e., the number of chances you
probably have left are sort of decreasing so the feeling intensifies?
TIM HENMAN: Yeah.
Q. Do you think you left any of your game behind in Paris?
TIM HENMAN: No. I don't think so at all. I think absolutely those types of
performances are going to give one self confidence. And, you know,
if I can play the level as I did against Philippoussis, you know,
why couldn't I have played ?? if I'm capable of it two days ago,
why couldn't I play it that way today?
I could have done, but unfortunately, I didn't. We've gone
through those reasons why I think I wasn't able to do that. But,
no, again, you know, looking perhaps in a couple of weeks when I
move on from this, or look at the progress that I've made in the
six or seven months of this year, then there will be some good
things. And there's no question that my game has developed. But,
you know, my focus of attention has very much been on this
tournament. And that's why I say there's no consolation.
Q. What will your schedule be for the next few weeks ahead of the Olympics and
America? Where will you be playing next?
TIM HENMAN: Next tournament is Toronto, Masters Series Toronto, then Cincy,
then back for Athens.
Q. Earlier you were saying about it gets worse because of the chances that you
have. When you did the interview, you said, "No more questions, Agassi." Do you
feel that it's unfair to keep saying, "Will you ever win it?" Or do you
understand why people question it?
TIM HENMAN: It's a question I ask myself a lot. It's obviously a big talking
point, given the nature of, you know, this environment and the
tournament being in the UK and me really being the only player
right now. So it is a question that's discussed frequently.
And, you know, I've never hidden behind the fact that this is the
tournament I'd love to, you know, win the most. And the reality is
that, you know, I don't have an endless number of years for chances,
if you like. And, again, you know, I felt this was a good
opportunity.
So, you know, it's not going to ?? I'm sure it won't detract from
what I do with regard to my game because, you know, there's a
number of years ahead of me, I think as long as I stay, you know,
fit and healthy.
I'm sure that my desire and dedication and motivation will always
be there. But, no, it's the reality. I've not got endless chances.
Q. A statistical question. Looking at the aces among the quarterfinalists.
Federer, Hewitt, Grosjean are near the bottom, yet they've been broken the
least. Do you think that's an overrated statistic, aces?
TIM HENMAN: Yeah, I think, you know, statistics, you can read into them a lot
?? in a lot of different ways. You know, someone like Agassi, for
example, he drops his serve so often, but he doesn't, hit a great
deal of aces. It's how you, take care of each and every point.
You know, there's this ?? there's very much sort of a
misconception, isn't there, on a grass court that you've got to
play in a certain way. That's why I think it's fairly ironic now
that suddenly after today's match, people say, "Perhaps you should
have stayed back a bit more." You know, first four matches I played
, all I've heard is, "Oh, stays back too much." That just goes to
show that you're not going to please everyone.
But it's important that I play the way that I want to play and
the way I believe in. And, you know, some of the stats that you
mention, you know, it boils down to I think whether you're going
to win the big points or not. And it doesn't matter whether you've
had, you know, 8 or 10 or 15 breakpoints. If you get one of them
and it's in the fifth, you're going to be pretty happy about it.
Q. How do you retain your inner belief that you can win this?
TIM HENMAN: You've either got self? belief or you haven't, you know. Why I
believe in myself, I don't know. But, you know, I believe I'm
pretty good at this game. I'm going to keep working hard, keep
trying to do the right things.
I think that's in terms of, you know, trying to fulfill one's
potential. It's very difficult to quantify what that is. But I
think if you give it your best, then you'll probably find out
what it is.
Q. Were you surprised at all how calm he remained? He was doing very well,
tight first set. But he kept his level, he didn't seem to be losing nerve any
time.
TIM HENMAN: No, again, I think it's even more credit goes to him, unfortunately
, because that's perhaps something that, you know, I certainly
could hope that, you know, maybe he got a little tight or started
to rush a little bit.
But, as you say, if anything, I felt the first set was very ?? not
only was it very close, but I think it was a very high quality. And
, you know, as you say, perhaps I was hoping that his level might
drop, whereas I think my level dropped. But his, if anything, got
better and better.
Q. You seem surprised at some of the shots he got back. Maybe I read that
wrongly. There were a couple times that looked like winners.
TIM HENMAN: Yeah, you know, he's a big guy, he moves ?? his balance is pretty
good for a guy of his size. You know, he definitely picked some
volleys up, picked some, you know, good returns up, good passing
shots.
I don't think I was surprised by that. But disappointed I think
sometimes when you see good returns, you know, come back from good
volleys.
Q. You learnt so much from your quarterfinal defeat here last year. You said
a few weeks ago how you watched the tape, realized how you were playing that
day. Do you think as this year progresses you'll look back at the tape of
this match and learn something that will benefit you?
TIM HENMAN: Yeah, I think that definitely should be the case. And, again, you
know, I learnt unfortunately a lot of negative things from what I
saw 12 months ago. And definitely, you know, there are things that
I felt like I could have done better on today's match.
But, you know, that's where in a couple of weeks, I still think
there are ?? there are a lot of good things that have happened in
the last six or seven months, I can't deny that, about how quickly
my game has turned around. You know, whatever the direction is, I
think, it's a good one right now. And, with Annacone's input, I
think it's had a big impact, and I've got to try and build on that.
You know, it's very much twofold. At the moment, it's not really ??
doesn't sound too appealing, but, I'm sure when I've had some time
to reflect on it and move on, then I'll do exactly that.
Q. Will you watch the final on Sunday?
TIM HENMAN: I don't know.
Q. Will it be golf again?
TIM HENMAN: Don't know.
Q. How will you spend the next few days?
TIM HENMAN: Don't know.
Q. What do you think the future is for Ancic?
TIM HENMAN: You know, I'd be interested to see, I'm not saying that I'll be
watching, but I'll be interested to see how he gets on in the semis
against either, Roddick or a Schalken because, I think he's playing
some ?? he's playing very, very well. And, you know, I'll be
intrigued to see how perhaps the other players, you know, cope
with it, and if someone copes with it and beats him, it will be
an element of interest to see what worked.
Because I think if he keeps that level of his serving, both first
and second serves, it's just tough to play against. That's
something I know I did very well against Philippoussis. I do it
well. I think that's why I've had success against someone like
Roddick. But it was, yeah, very tough to return today.
Q. How will you get this out of your system? Will you go to the gym?
TIM HENMAN: I don't know. Family and friends, just get away from it for a
certain extent. No reason, no incentive to pick up a racquet for
a while. You know, definitely need to just take a step back and
switch off and let time heal, to a certain extent.
Q. Will it be hard?
TIM HENMAN: Yep, absolutely.
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