:D :D There seems to have been a lot of isnt he, is he bout this but here is the confirmation http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6040138.stm

hope his form continues and he goes kick some butt :D

http://www.timhenman.org/NEWS/fullstory.sp...0480&itype=5883

theres a little more about it from his website.

It will be interesting to see how the draw shapes up.

:D Good luck to Tim in this, hope he can do well and improve his ranking further.

yay! :clap: Tim's playiny Madrid. Moya has also been given a wildcard.

There are two WCs left to hand out

excellent, any kind of reasonable draw and tim will keep rise going and get seeded for the AO next year. come on timmy!

I have applied for one of the other 2 wildcards ;)

Its wonderful news that he has a wildcard. He has deserved this after all his hard work . He was determined to get back where he belongs. I know he hasnt got many more years left now . But it would be great if he could go out on a high. You just have to admire him for hanging on in there and believing in himself. Its paid off. Hopefully he will be seeded for the Australian Open. He heeds to go 8 places higher then he will.
Hope he gets a good draw for Madrid. He is owed one.

a great point from henman v lee last week is the atp play of the week on the atp website.

great back-pedalling and smash from tim.

:D :D :D The classic backpeddling Henman smash, he is absolutely awesome at that, if I did that down the local courts the ball would end up on the main road :doh:

Ye she thorughyl deserves it after all hsi hard work and bad luck. He is due a good draw too, go kick ass Tim :ok:

He sure is S.B.
I keep checking on the official website but the draw is still not out and it starts on Monday. Fingers crossed he doesnt meet Federer

FEDERER, Roger - Bye
GAUDIO, Gaston vs MASSU, Nicolas
SODERLING, Robin vs ROCHUS, Olivier
FERRERO, Juan Carlos - Bye

ANCIC, Mario - Bye
GINEPRI, Robby vs LOPEZ, Feliciano
CHELA, Juan Ignacio vs MOYA, Carlos
ROBREDO, Tommy - Bye

NALBANDIAN, David - Bye
Q vs Q
VERDASCO, Fernando vs HENMAN, Tim
FERRER, David - Bye

BAGHDATIS, Marcos - Bye
SAFIN, Marat vs ACASUSO, Jose
VLIEGEN, Kristof vs TURSUNOV, Dmitry
BLAKE, James - Bye

DAVYDENKO, Nikolay - Bye
Q vs JOHANSSON, Joachim
SRICHAPHAN, Paradorn vs Q
GONZALEZ, Fernando - Bye

DJOKOVIC, Novak - Bye
NIEMINEN, Jarkko vs GASQUET, Richard
MURRAY, Andy vs Q
LJUBICIC, Ivan - Bye

RODDICK, Andy - Bye
GROSJEAN, Sebastien vs BJORKMAN, Jonas
CALLERI, Agustin vs SERRA, Florent
BERDYCH, Tomas - Bye

HAAS, Tommy - Bye
MONFILS, Gael vs HRBATY, Dominik
MALISSE, Xavier vs Q
NADAL, Rafael - Bye

You found the draw brilliant. Thanks. So Tim avoids Fed eh?
But Murray gets a qualifier. Even better for him then.
Tim should be ok but we will see.

i thought they were awful draws to be fair...

Verdasco's record on hard isnt brilliant but he can be pretty tough when playing well. Recently he took roddick to 5 sets at the us open...

Ferrer is good on hard courts and will be tricky. Then probably nalby who looked to be regaining some form this week...

Murray will have to play in-form ljubicic in the second rd if he reaches it so not the best either...

tim will definitely beat verdasco and avenge his defeat at the US open last year. he might be in front of his home crowd but the spaniard is woefully out of form and probably injured.

he's also got a good shot against flakey ferrer who is SO unpredictable it's unreal.

i'd love to see him play bandy in round 3. i think he's got the game to take out the cocky argentine. all in all this could have been a lot worse for henners. i was expecting nadal in round 1, followed by fed in round 2 and then nadal again in round 3, lol. :P

to flesh out my point about verdasco, since the us open he's had 3 first round exits in a row and retired at a set all against bracciali this week.

ferrer hasn't been setting the world on fire lately either.

murray does have a really tough quarter and i'd be surprised (and disappointed quite frankly) to see him in round 3. let someone else steal the spotlight, glory boy.

Well you sound confident Flame. Lets hope you are right. Verdasco can be tough but as you say he is off form. And I always think if Tim plays his very best game and his serve is on he is very hard to beat. But I know its a BIG if.

actually my memory fails me. it's 2 first round exits in a row. nonetheless i have total and absolute confidence that tim will beat him. famous last words, eh? :)

Aye but go for it why not. Tim is always confident and positive. Thats why he is almost back to where he belongs :ok:
:pray: :pray: