Hi, I'm John Mackenor, and you're listening to the tennis podcast.

Hello, and welcome to the tennis podcast episode 43, and we are sitting

overlooking the most beautiful green grass court at the Queen's Club, the centre court.

The stands are up Catherine, we're sitting in them, we're sitting on blue seats,

surrounded by this huge expanse of stadium that is built for purpose, that is built just

for this week, the Aegon tennis championships. We're looking at the Queen's Club Club House,

it looks absolutely beautiful. The sun is shining down on us, we've spent the morning

watching Andy Murray practicing, he's back from his back injury that he sustained in Rome,

and he looked in great fettle, didn't he? Catherine Whitaker, my word, he had Tim Henman, poor old

Tim Henman, running all over the court, we did see the one little clenched fist from Tim when

he managed to hit a volley winner, but I think he's remembered why he retired today.

Yeah, Tim wasn't as most elegant when he looked a little bit ragged after I've

seen the video, I don't know whether that was after five minutes or after two hours,

but he certainly looked like he'd been given a workout by Andy.

If you want to get an idea as to what we're talking about, I actually shot a minutes worth

the video of Tim and Andy playing today. You'll be able to find out on the Aegon

Championships website, go to the official site, or check out the British tennis YouTube page,

and you'll be able to see Andy and Tim going through their paces. It's Thursday here,

just before the tournaments about to start, qualifying gets underway on Saturday,

then the main draw begins on Monday. We've had a wild card today, Catherine. Dan Evans has

been given a wild card, the great British player, who performed so well at the Davis Cup tie a

couple of months ago in Coventry, and we've still got a couple of wild cards to give out.

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