IT MAY not be strawberries-and-cream weather, but Tim Henman’s presence in Cowley this week served as a reminder that Wimbledon is just around the corner.

Retired for five years yet still a youthful 37, it is clear the Aston Tirrold resident and four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist is still in love with the sport that brought him and his millions of fans such highs and lows.

Though famed for his affable nature, critics should perhaps note from our interview that the famous Henman ‘clenched fist’ is now being honed in a south Oxfordshire boxing gym.