... it's the knowledge that when he finally hangs up his racket, he's going to join all the other British ex-hopefuls in the BBC commentary box.
Make room around the microphone, Mark Cox, Sue Barker, John Lloyd and Virginia Wade! Tim needs a bit of room.
And yes, yes, I KNOW Virginia Wade won the title once. I was there that day, in fact. But she beat Betty Stove to win it, and Betty was built like (and moved like) the cooking device after which she was named.
It was the semi that was Virginia's blinder - she beat Chris Evert, which was some achievement.
But if you remember that far back, you'll recall that whenever Virginia was on court, we spent most of our time not so much willing her to win as willing her second serve over the net.