Former British No 1 had a courtside view as Raducanu shocked the tennis world with her march to the US Open title
Less than a month ago, as Emma Raducanu tore through the US Open draw to snatch a grand slam title that is still hard to believe, few people had a better seat, as history was unfolding, than Tim Henman.
He had arrived in New York as a pundit for Amazon Prime with uncertainty swirling over just how much the event would resonate with the public at large in the absence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams. Instead, between the unending stream of tight matches in both singles draws and the manner Raducanu won the tournament, he left extremely satisfied: “That was the best grand slam I’ve watched,” he says.
