{"id":394092,"date":"2017-06-04T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/french-open-nadals-10th-title-would-be-incredible-says-tim-henman\/"},"modified":"2017-06-04T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T05:39:18","slug":"french-open-nadals-10th-title-would-be-incredible-says-tim-henman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/french-open-nadals-10th-title-would-be-incredible-says-tim-henman\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open: Nadal&#8217;s 10th title would be incredible, says Tim Henman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rafael Nadal winning a 10th French Open would be &#8220;one of sport&#8217;s biggest achievements&#8221;, says former British number one Tim Henman.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish fourth seed is\u00a0into round three\u00a0after outclassing Dutchman Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old would become the first player in the Open era to win 10 titles at one Grand Slam, should he progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be such an incredible achievement by such an incredible player,&#8221; said Henman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t even fathom it. A lot of people don&#8217;t win 10 tournaments, let alone 10 Grand Slams at one venue,&#8221; added the Englishman.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal, who is 31 on Saturday, won his first Roland Garros crown in 2005, the first of four successive victories before claiming a further five in a row between 2010 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is only one of two players &#8211; the other being German Alexander Zverev &#8211; to win multiple clay-court titles this season. He won his 10th titles at Monte Carlo and Barcelona as well as his 30th Masters title in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the biggest challenge in the game to beat Nadal over five sets on clay in Paris,&#8221; Henman told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>The only other player to win 10 or more titles at a single Grand Slam is Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian Opens between 1960 and 1973.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be one of the biggest achievements in tennis and one of the biggest in any sport,&#8221; added Henman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To have been so dominant at one of the biggest events in our sport is just incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nadal has only lost two matches at the French Open, to Robin Soderling in 2009 and Novak Djokovic in 2015<\/li>\n<li>A defeat by Dominic Thiem at the Rome Masters is Nadal&#8217;s only loss on clay this season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>No concerns over Murray&#8217;s form<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray produced a patchy performance to reach the second round in Paris<\/p>\n<p>After a season hampered by injuries and illness, world number one\u00a0Andy Murray beat Russian Andrey Kuznetsov\u00a0in the first round on Tuesday and Henman believes the Scot will be looking to &#8220;build round by round&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say Murray is favourite but he is the number one in the world for a reason,&#8221; Henman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t been concerned by his form because he has been ill and injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he can stay healthy and injury free, he will start winning matches and tournaments because he is one of the best players out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Scot won his opener in four sets to set up a second-round match with Slovak Martin Klizan. He now faces a potential third-round clash with Argentina&#8217;s Juan Martin del Potro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Klizan is an awkward player but I expect Andy to come through that and Del Potro in the third round is a much bigger challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Irrespective of what happens in Paris, on the grass, with his record at Queen&#8217;s and Wimbledon, he will definitely be one of the favourites for those titles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Agassi can help Djokovic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tim Henman and Andre Agassi met four times in their playing careers<\/p>\n<p>Former world number four Henman believes Andre Agassi will have &#8220;lots to offer&#8221; Novak Djokovic, after the American took over as the Serb&#8217;s coach for the first week in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic hired eight-time Grand Slam champion Agassi, having\u00a0parted company with his coaching team\u00a0earlier in May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Agassi is massively experienced and went through a lot of highs and lows,&#8221; Henman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is not going to teach Djokovic to hit new shots but can help him use his attributes to the best of his ability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Agassi&#8217;s experience and a new voice can certainly help. It can sometimes be someone saying the same thing but in a different fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal winning a 10th French Open would be &#8220;one of sport&#8217;s biggest achievements&#8221;, says former British number one Tim Henman. The Spanish fourth seed is\u00a0into round three\u00a0after outclassing Dutchman Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3 on Wednesday. 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