The last masters event of the year starts Monday! Henman is hoping to retain the title but its going to be hard with 8 of the top 10 players in the draw.
He must reach the Quarter Finals to guarantee a trip to Houston. Here's how the BBC see it.
HOW HENMAN CAN QUALIFY 1) Win two matches in Paris 2) Win one match and hope for two of three scenarios: Safin loses in second round, Agassi loses before quarters, Nalbandian fails to win title 3) Lose opening match and hope Agassi loses before semis and Nalbandian fails to win title
We also have 2 Belgians playing in Paris, they came through the quallies. Malisse lost to Tsonga but was picked up as lucky loser when Moya withdrew. R1 (LL)MALISSE, Xavier (BEL) vs (WC)MATHIEU, Paul-Henri (FRA) R1 (Q)ROCHUS, Christophe (BEL) vs VOLANDRI, Filippo (ITA)
Henman has a bye in the first round and plays Zabaleta or Srichapan in round 2.
quote: Originally posted by: NineEighteen "Well Henman managed to qualify by default...see http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=29897&subForumID=63232&action=viewTopic&commentID=1290016&topicPage="
Originally posted by: NineEighteen "Nice one but the trouble is...he could meet Novak in the next round and we know what happened last week... ...and at the olympics -- Edited by NineEighteen at 08:38, 2004-11-03"
No worries there, Youzhny beat Novak, so Tim plays Mikhail Youzhny today (not before 13:00)
quote: Originally posted by: NineEighteen "I wouldn't go that far . At this point Henman trails Youzhny 5-7 0-3 -- Edited by NineEighteen at 13:41, 2004-11-04"