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  • The Other Upset – Lleyton Hewitt and The New Toe

    The Other Upset – Lleyton Hewitt and The New Toe

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    While the tennis world reeled over Steve Darcis taking out Rafael Nadal in the first round of Wimbledon, Lleyton Hewitt scored arguably the “other” upset of the day.  Hewitt is 32, ranked 70 in the world, and he took out Stan Wawrinka, the 11th seed, 10th ranked player in the world, and one who’s been having a very fine year.  And he did it in straight sets:  6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

    Hewitt is a former Wimbledon champion (2002, as well as winner of the USO, 2001), and former world #1, but he has been hampered by injuries over more than a few years.  Grass, however, can sometimes keep him in the game.  He beat Roger Federer in the final at Halle as recently as 2010.  For that reason, tennis fans looked at this to be a barn-burner of a first round match.  The shock wasn’t completely that Hewitt pulled it off, but that it didn’t go to 4 or 5 sets.

    The reason may be Hewitt’s most recent, and most radical surgery.  He revealed last month that he’s had his left toe reconstructed and irreversibly surgically fused.  He is now pain-free in his push-off foot, but he had the surgery knowing that it was possible that he’d never play tennis again.  According to his team, this allows him to return full-time to the tour, which he still has ambitions about.  And Lleyton Hewitt is an ambitious man.  Moreover, he has reason to fancy his chances on grass.  He’s unlikely to go very deep in this Wimbledon, but a few players in his direct path over the next couple of rounds would be right to be nervous.

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    In Tues. results, both #1’s got through in straights:  Serena cruised, while Novak was tested by a game Florian Mayer.  British hope Laura Robson upset #10 seed Maria Kirilenko, while another Brit, Heather Watson, lost to the US’s Madison Keys.  And another US hopeful, Brittany Mattek-Sands, fell to the #7, Angelique Kerber.

  • Wimbledon Day 3: Wednesday, June 26 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 3: Wednesday, June 26 – Order of Play & Scores

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) – Walkover

    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (12) – 6-3, 6-3

    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (6) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Ret.

    Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d Roger Federer (SUI) (3) – 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 7-5, 7-6(5)

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31) – 7-6(1), 7-6(4), 6-4

    Andy Murray (GBR) (2) d Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-3, 6-3, 7-5

    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8) d Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) Walkover

    Vesna Dolonc (SRB) d Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (16) – 7-5, 6-2

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    Dustin Brown (GER) d Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) – 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2

    Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (9) – 6-2, 6-2

    Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) – 6-3, 6-4

    Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d Marin Cilic (CRO) (10) Walkover

    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (20) d Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-4, 6-4

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d John Isner (USA) (18) – 1-1 Ret.

    Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15) d Guillaume Rufin (FRA) – 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4

    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17) d Andrea Petkovic (GER) – 7-6(2), 2-6, 8-6

    Marion Bartoli (FRA) (15) d Christina McHale (USA) – 7-5, 6-4

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24) d Radek Stepanek (CZE) – 6-2, 5-3 Ret.

    Karin Knapp (ITA) d Lucie Safarova (CZE) (27) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (32) d Nicolas Mahut (FRA) – 7-6(3), 6-1, 7-6(5)

    Camila Giorgi (ITA) d Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (22) – 7-6(7), 7-6(6)

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    Alize Cornet (FRA) (29) d Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) – 6-3, 6-2

    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20) d Vasek Pospisil (CAN) – 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-4

    Juan Monaco (ARG) (22) d Rajeev Ram (USA) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    Jana Cepelova (SVK) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) d Irina Falconi (USA) / Tatjana Maria (GER) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

    Cara Black (ZIM) (11) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (11) d Mervana Jugic-Salkic (BIH) / Heather Watson (GBR) – 6-2, 6-0

    Daniel Brands (GER) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) d Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Potito Starace (ITA) – 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

    Liezel Huber (USA) (6) / Sania Mirza (IND) (6) d Renata Voracova (CZE) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) – 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d Anne Keothavong (GBR) / Johanna Konta (GBR) – 6-3, 6-1

    David Marrero (ESP) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) d Jamie Baker (GBR) / Kyle Edmund (GBR) – 6-4, 7-5, 6-2

    Julia Goerges (GER) (16) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (16) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Janette Husarova (SVK) – 6-3, 6-4

    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (8) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (8) d Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) – 7-5, 6-1

    Robert Lindstedt (SWE) (6) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) (6) d Mikhail Elgin (RUS) / Denis Istomin (UZB) – 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-7(9), 7-6(2)

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) d Denis Kudla (USA) / Tim Smyczek (USA) – 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1

    Stephanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) / Eva Hrdinova (CZE) d Simona Halep (ROU) / Anna Tatishvili (GEO) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

    Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) – 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

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    Court 8 – 11:30 AM

    Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) (8) / Julian Knowle (AUT) (8) d Leonardo Mayer (ARG) / Albert Ramos (ESP) – 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2

    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d Madison Keys (USA) / Melanie Oudin (USA) – 6-4, 6-1

    Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) d Marcel Granollers (ESP) (2) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (2) – 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 9

    Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (7) d Dominik Meffert (GER) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) – 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    Viktor Troicki (SRB) d Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) – 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

    Natalie Grandin (RSA) / Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE) d Annika Beck (GER) / Irina Buryachok (UKR) – 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3

    Marinko Matosevic (AUS) / Frank Moser (GER) d David Rice (GBR) / Sean Thornley (GBR) – 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-4

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    Court 14 – 11:30 AM

    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (19) d Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) – 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

    Benoit Paire (FRA) (25) d Stephane Robert (FRA) – 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (25) d Garbine Muguruza (ESP) – 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4

    Colin Fleming (GBR) (9) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (9) d Martin Klizan (SVK) / Igor Zelenay (SVK) – 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 15 – 11:30 AM

    Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (7) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (7) d Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) – 6-4, 7-5

    Eduardo Schwank (ARG) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d Robin Haase (NED) / Igor Sijsling (NED) – 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4

    Rohan Bopanna (IND) (14) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (14) d Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) – 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(6)

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    Court 16 – 11:30 AM

    Darija Jurak (CRO) / Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) – 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

    Eva Birnerova (CZE) d Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) – 6-3, 6-4

    Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Julian Reister (GER) – 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-2

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    Court 17 – 11:30 AM

    Monica Puig (PUR) d Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) – 6-2, 5-7, 6-4

    Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Steve Darcis (BEL) Walkover

    Lisa Raymond (USA) / Laura Robson (GBR) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) – 6-3, 6-1

    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d Bernard Tomic (AUS) / Viktor Troicki (SRB) – 6-3, 1-2 Ret.

    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (2) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (2) d Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) – 7-5, 6-2

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    Court 19 – 11:30 AM

    Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) d Mona Barthel (GER) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) – 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

    Raluca Olaru (ROU) / Olga Savchuk (UKR) d Timea Babos (HUN) / Mandy Minella (LUX) – 6-2, 6-4

    Samuel Groth (AUS) / Chris Guccione (AUS) d Steve Johnson (USA) / Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) – 7-6(5), 7-6(6), 6-3

    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) (14) / Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (14) d Maria Irigoyen (ARG) / Paula Ormaechea (ARG) – 6-1, 6-4

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  • Wimbledon Day 2: Tuesday, June 25 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 2: Tuesday, June 25 – Order of Play & Scores

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    Serena Williams (USA) (1) d Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-1, 6-3

    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4

    David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d Martin Alund (ARG) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (8) d Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-2, 7-5, 6-1

    Laura Robson (GBR) d Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (10) 6-3, 6-4

    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7) d Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (23) d Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-1, 6-2

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    Madison Keys (USA) d Heather Watson (GBR) 6-3, 7-5

    Tommy Haas (GER) (13) d Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-3, 7-5, 7-5

    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9) d Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4

    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4) d Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-1, 6-1

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (14) d Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-1, 6-3

    Bernard Tomic (AUS) d Sam Querrey (USA) (21) 7-6(6), 7-6(3), 3-6, 2-6, 6-3

    Angelique Kerber (GER) (7) d Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-3, 6-4

    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d Gilles Simon (FRA) (19) 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(11)

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    Na Li (CHN) (6) d Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-1, 6-1

    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (28) d Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

    Milos Raonic (CAN) (17) d Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

    Karolina Pliskova (CZE) d Nadia Petrova (RUS) (13) 6-3, 6-2

    Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (32) d Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 6-3

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    Ivan Dodig (CRO) d Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (16) 4-6, 6-7(6), 7-6(3), 6-3, 2-1 Ret.

    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (11) d Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-2, 6-1

    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (29) d Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (21) 6-0, 6-1

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    Court 4 – 11:30 AM

    Mona Barthel (GER) (30) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

    Andreas Seppi (ITA) (23) d Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-6(6), 7-6(3), 5-7, 3-6, 6-3

    Bobby Reynolds (USA) d Steve Johnson (USA) 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    Denis Kudla (USA) d James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1

    Jana Cepelova (SVK) d Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-4, 6-1

    Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) d Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-3, 6-4

    Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) d Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

    Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) d Tamira Paszek (AUT) (28) 6-2, 7-5

    Santiago Giraldo (COL) d Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-3

    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (10) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (10) d Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) / Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-0

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    Jesse Levine (CAN)  d Guido Pella (ARG) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 4-3 Ret.

    Urszula Radwanska (POL) d Mallory Burdette (USA) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2

    Daniel Brands (GER) d Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4

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    Court 8 – 11:30 AM

    Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) d Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

    Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) d Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-5

    Igor Sijsling (NED) d Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

    Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d Timea Babos (HUN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

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    Court 9 – 11:30 AM

    Olga Puchkova (RUS) d Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-4, 6-2

    Jimmy Wang (TPE) d Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

    Grega Zemlja (SLO) d Michael Russell (USA) 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (27) d Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 6-2, 6-1

    Michael Llodra (FRA) d Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-3

    Alison Riske (USA) d Romina Oprandi (SUI) (31) 6-7(5), 7-5, 3-1 Ret.

    Annika Beck (GER) d Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 6-3, 6-2

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    Court 11

    Frantisek Cermak (CZE) / Michal Mertinak (SVK) d Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-7(7), 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5, 6-2

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    Court 14 – 11:30 AM

    Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) d Carina Witthoeft (GER) 6-0, 6-2

    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (12) d Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (18) d Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

    Petra Martic (CRO) d Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

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    Court 15 – 11:30 AM

    Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) (10) / Scott Lipsky (USA) (10) d Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) / Benoit Paire (FRA) 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-4

    Xavier Malisse (BEL) / Ken Skupski (GBR) d Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) / Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-0, 6-1

    Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) d Eva Birnerova (CZE) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 6-2, 6-2

    Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) d Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1

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    Court 16 – 11:30 AM

    Caroline Garcia (FRA) d Jie Zheng (CHN) 6-3, 6-4

    Shuai Peng (CHN) (24) d Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3, 6-2

    Go Soeda (JPN) d Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 7-6(6), 7-5, 6-1

    Alexander Peya (AUT) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) d Eric Butorac (USA) / Andy Ram (ISR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 17 – 11:30 AM

    James Blake (USA) d Thiemo De Bakker (NED) 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

    Simona Halep (ROU) d Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

    Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (26) d Gastao Elias (POR) 6-1, 7-6(2), 6-2

    Kaia Kanepi (EST) d Tara Moore (GBR) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5

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    Court 19 – 11:30 AM

    Michal Przysiezny (POL) d Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-0

    Marina Erakovic (NZL) d Ayumi Morita (JPN) 4-6, 6-0, 7-5

    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) d Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)

    Elena Vesnina (RUS) d Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) 6-2, 7-5

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  • Belgian Waffled: Rafael Nadal Loses in the 1st Round to Steve Darcis

    Belgian Waffled: Rafael Nadal Loses in the 1st Round to Steve Darcis

    Two-time Wimbledon Champion Rafael Nadal suffered a shocking 1st round loss at Wimbledon today, losing to the Belgian Steve Darcis, 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 6-4.

    It was the first time the Spaniard ever lost in the 1st Round of a Grand Slam, and the first tournament since his comeback that he didn’t make the final.

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  • “Tennis, Federer, The Record Numbers: For 13 Years He’s Won At Least One Tournament” (From: Gazzetta dello Sport)

    “Tennis, Federer, The Record Numbers: For 13 Years He’s Won At Least One Tournament” (From: Gazzetta dello Sport)

    Roger is one step from Lendl’s top mark (14.)  The Swiss man passes everyone on grass in winning percentage (87.7%) and tournaments won on the surface (13.)

    One week from the start of Wimbledon, Roger Federer comes back strong, gets his first title of the season, and breaks another impressive series of records.  By winning his 6th championship at Halle, (one of his favorite strongholds), Roger Federer consolidates his dominance on grass in the Open Era.  The Swiss bettered his winning percentage by .4 points, going from 87.3% to 87.7%.  From 1999 to 2002, Federer lost 11 matches on grass; then he remained unbeatable for 65 matches in 5 years, until the final of Wimbledon against Nadal in 2008, and then, until the Olympic final against Murray, he lost only 6 more matches.  In the Open Era, only Jimmy Connors (170), John Newcombe (132), and Ken Rosewall (126) have won more matches than Federer (121) on grass, though it bears remembering that, back then, all of the Majors were played on grass, apart from the one in Paris.

    87.7 – Percentage of matches won by Roger Federer on grass.  John McEnroe is 2nd with 85.6%, Rod Laver 3rd with 84%.  After that, Borg (83.6%), Pete Sampras (83.5%), Jimmy Connors (83.3%), and Boris Becker (82.3%.)

    13 – Tournaments won by Roger Federer on grass.  (7 Wimbledon, 6 Halle.)  In the Open Era, Federer leads Sampras, who has 10 (7 Wimbledon, 2 Queens, 1 Manchester), and John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors who have 8 apiece.

    65 – Match winning streak by Roger Federer on grass:  the run started at Halle 2003 (after the loss to Ancic in the first round at Wimbledon in 2002) and ended on 6 July 2008 at Wimbledon, in the historic final which he lost 7-9 in the 5th set to Nadal.

    13 – Years in a row that Roger has won at least one tournament.  2001 (1) 2002 (3) 2003 (7) 2004 (11) 2005 (11) 2006 (12) 2007 (8) 2009 (4) 2010 (5) 2011 (4) 2012 (6) 2013 (1.)  Only Ivan Lendl is still better than Roger (14, from 1980-1993.)

    77 – Career tournaments won by Roger Federer.  The Swiss ties John McEnroe for 3rd on the list of all-time most titles.  Ahead of him is only Jimmy Connors with 109 titles, and Ivan Lendl with 94.

    27 – Different tournaments won by Federer.  [He] has won once at:  Estoril, Gstaad, Tokyo, Marseille, Milan, Monaco [translator’s note:  I think this is wrong], Bercy, Roland Garros, Stockholm, and Sydney; twice at: Bankok, Canadian Open, Miami, Rotterdam, and Vienna; three times at:  Doha and Madrid; four times at: Australian Open, Hamburg, and Indian Wells; five times at: Basel, Cincinnati, Dubai, and US Open; six times at: Halle and the YEC, and seven times at Wimbledon.

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    3 – Tournaments won this year by Andy Murray, who yesterday won Queen’s, besting Marin Cilic in the final, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.  Murray won Brisbane in January, and Miami in March.

    27 – Career tournaments won by Andy Murray, the first being in 2006 in San José, CA.

    4 – Tournaments won by Andy Murray on grass.  Queen’s in 2009, 2011, and 2013, and the Olympics in London in 2012.

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    [Translator’s note:  I’m not translating the rest because it’s all speculation on Eastbourne and s’Hertogenbosch, which were already contested.]

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    Translated from: “Tennis, Federer, Numeri Record: da 13 Anni Vince Almeno un Torneo” (Gazzetta dello Sport, June 17, 2013)

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  • Wimbledon Day 1: Monday, June 24 – Order of Play & Scores

    Wimbledon Day 1: Monday, June 24 – Order of Play & Scores

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    [Scores will be added as known.]

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    Centre Court – 1:00 PM

    Roger Federer (SUI) (3) d Victor Hanescu (ROU) 6-3, 6-2, 6-0

    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3) d Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-6(5), 6-3

    Andy Murray (GBR) (2) d Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

    Garbine Muguruza (ESP) d Anne Keothavong (GBR) 6-4, 6-0

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    No. 1 Court – 1:00 PM

    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 6-1, 6-2

    Steve Darcis (BEL) d Rafael Nadal (ESP) (5) 7-6(4), 7-6(8), 6-4

    Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (11) 6-4, 7-5, 6-3

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    No. 2 Court – 11:30 AM

    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (12) d Virginie Razzano (FRA) 7-6(1), 6-0

    Marin Cilic (CRO) (10) d Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (6) d David Goffin (BEL) 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3

    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8) d Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4

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    No. 3 Court – 11:30 AM

    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d Elena Baltacha (GBR) 6-4, 6-1

    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24) d Kyle Edmund (GBR) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

    Viktor Troicki (SRB) d Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (14) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5)

    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (9) d Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) 6-0, 6-2

    Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-3, 6-2

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    Court 12 – 11:30 AM

    Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d Fabio Fognini (ITA) (30) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-3, 6-2

    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (16) d Johanna Konta (GBR) 6-2, 7-5

    Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d James Ward (GBR) 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(11), 7-6(4)

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    Court 18 – 11:30 AM

    Monica Puig (PUR) d Sara Errani (ITA) (5) 6-3, 6-2

    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20) d Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 7-5, 7-5

    Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15) d Jurgen Zopp (EST) 6-4, 7-6(2), 7-5

    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17) d Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-3, 6-3

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    Court 4 – 11:30 AM

    Karin Knapp (ITA) d Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 6-3, 6-4

    Vesna Dolonc (SRB) d Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

    Rajeev Ram (USA) d Lukas Lacko (SVK) 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2

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    Court 5 – 11:30 AM

    Eva Birnerova (CZE) d Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (26) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) d Tatjana Maria (GER) 6-1, 6-0

    Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3

    Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

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    Court 6 – 11:30 AM

    Stephane Robert (FRA) d Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 7-6(5), 7-5

    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (19) d Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-2, 6-2

    Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d Melanie Oudin (USA) 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-4

    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (25) d Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-3, 6-3

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    Court 7 – 11:30 AM

    Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-1, 6-3

    Lukasz Kubot (POL) d Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-1, 7-5, 6-2

    Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 7-6(1), 6-4, 7-5

    Petra Cetkovska (CZE) d Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-3, 6-1

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    Court 8 – 11:30 AM

    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) d Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4

    Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)

    Dustin Brown (GER) d Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 3-6, 6-1, 9-7

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    Court 9 – 11:30 AM

    Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) 6-4, 6-0, 6-4

    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) d Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-1, 6-4

    Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) d Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d Kiki Bertens (NED) 6-4, 6-3

    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (12) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (12) d Valeria Solovyeva (RUS) / Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-2, 7-5

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    Court 10 – 11:30 AM

    Benoit Paire (FRA) (25) d Adrian Ungur (ROU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

    Camila Giorgi (ITA) d Samantha Murray (GBR) 6-3, 6-4

    Juan Monaco (ARG) (22) d Bastian Knittel (GER) 6-4, 6-2, 6-3

    Christina McHale (USA) d Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-4, 6-4

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    Court 14 – 11:30 AM

    Alize Cornet (FRA) (29) d Vania King (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

    John Isner (USA) (18) d Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-1, 7-6(5), 7-6(3)

    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31) d Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2

    Marion Bartoli (FRA) (15) d Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-3, 7-5

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    Court 15 – 11:30 AM

    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (12) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (12) d Santiago Giraldo (COL) / Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-2

    Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA) / Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) d Aljaz Bedene (SLO) / Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3)

    Not Before: 2:30 PM

    Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (5) / Abigail Spears (USA) (5) d Shahar Peer (ISR) / Zi Yan (CHN) 6-4, 6-4

    Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Simon Stadler (GER) d Purav Raja (IND) / Divij Sharan (IND) 6-4(7), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

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    Court 16 – 11:30 AM

    Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d Misaki Doi (JPN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (22) d Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 7-5, 7-6(3)

    Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (20) d Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 7-5, 6-4

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    Court 17 – 11:30 AM

    Lucie Safarova (CZE) (27) d Lauren Davis (USA) 6-4, 6-0

    Guillaume Rufin (FRA) d Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

    Radek Stepanek (CZE) d Matt Reid (AUS) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (32) d Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

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    Court 19 – 11:30 AM

    Julian Reister (GER) d Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-4

    Kenny De Schepper (FRA) d Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-2

    Paul Hanley (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d Philipp Marx (GER) / Florin Mergea (ROU) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4

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  • Women’s Wimbledon Draw

    Women’s Wimbledon Draw

    Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska in top half; Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova in bottom half.

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    The full draw is as follows:

    QUARTER 1:

    Serena Williams (USA) (1)
    Mandy Minella (LUX)

    Caroline Garcia (FRA)
    Jie Zheng (CHN)

    Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)
    Carina Witthoeft (GER)

    Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)
    Tamira Paszek (AUT) (28)

    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (23)
    Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

    Elena Vesnina (RUS)
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)

    Olga Puchkova (RUS)
    Arantxa Rus (NED)

    Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (14)

    Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (10)
    Laura Robson (GBR)

    Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)
    Julia Goerges (GER)

    Ayumi Morita (JPN)
    Marina Erakovic (NZL)

    A.Medina Garrigues (ESP)
    Shuai Peng (CHN) (24)

    Romina Oprandi (SUI) (31)
    Alison Riske (USA)

    Mallory Burdette (USA)
    Urszula Radwanska (POL)

    Kaia Kanepi (EST)
    Tara Moore (GBR)

    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (7)

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    QUARTER 2:

    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (4)
    Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

    Timea Babos (HUN)
    Mathilde Johansson (FRA)

    Heather Watson (GBR)
    Madison Keys (USA)

    Monica Niculescu (ROU)
    Mona Barthel (GER) (30)

    A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (21)
    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

    B.Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
    Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

    Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
    Petra Martic (CRO)

    Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
    Nadia Petrova (RUS) (13)

    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (11)
    Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)

    Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
    Jana Cepelova (SVK)

    M.Torro-Flor (ESP)
    Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)

    Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (18)

    Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (32)
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

    Nina Bratchikova (RUS)
    Annika Beck (GER)

    Olga Govortsova (BLR)
    Simona Halep (ROU)

    Michaella Krajicek (NED)
    Na Li (CHN) (6)

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    QUARTER 3:

    Sara Errani (ITA) (5)
    Monica Puig (PUR)

    Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)
    Misaki Doi (JPN)

    Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
    Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

    Eva Birnerova (CZE)
    Varvara Lepchenko (USA) (26)

    Sloane Stephens (USA) (17)
    Jamie Hampton (USA)

    Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
    Andrea Petkovic (GER)

    Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
    Donna Vekic (CRO)

    E.Cabeza Candela (ESP)
    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (9)

    Marion Bartoli (FRA) (15)
    Elina Svitolina (UKR)

    Christina McHale (USA)
    Alexa Glatch (USA)

    Camila Giorgi (ITA)
    Samantha Murray (GBR)

    Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (22)

    Lucie Safarova (CZE) (27)
    Lauren Davis (USA)

    Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
    Karin Knapp (ITA)

    M.Larcher De Brito (POR)
    Melanie Oudin (USA)

    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
    Maria Sharapova (RUS) (3)

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    QUARTER 4:

    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (8)
    Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

    Kiki Bertens (NED)
    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

    Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
    Anne Keothavong (GBR)

    Johanna Larsson (SWE)
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (25)

    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (19)
    Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)

    Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
    Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

    Virginie Razzano (FRA)
    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (12)

    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (16)
    Johanna Konta (GBR)

    Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
    Vesna Dolonc (SRB)

    Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO)
    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)

    Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (20)

    Alize Cornet (FRA) (29)
    Vania King (USA)

    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
    Tatjana Maria (GER)

    Elena Baltacha (GBR)
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

    Maria Joao Koehler (POR)
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2)

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  • Men’s Wimbledon Draw

    Men’s Wimbledon Draw

    Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are set to meet in the quarterfinals. Andy Murray is also on the bottom half, with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the top half, along with David Ferrer.

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    The full draw is as follows:

    QUARTER 1:

    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1)
    Florian Mayer (GER)

    Bobby Reynolds (USA)
    Steve Johnson (USA)

    Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
    Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

    Ryan Harrison (USA)
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) (28)

    Gilles Simon (FRA) (19)
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

    Ricardas Berankis (LTU)
    Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

    Wayne Odesnik (USA)
    Jimmy Wang (TPE)

    Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
    Tommy Haas (GER) (13)

    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (9)
    Marcel Granollers (ESP)

    Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
    Go Soeda (JPN)

    James Blake (USA)
    Thiemo De Bakker (NED)

    Bernard Tomic (AUS)
    Sam Querrey (USA) (21)

    Kevin Anderson (RSA) (27)
    Olivier Rochus (BEL)

    Philipp Petzschner (GER)
    Michal Przysiezny (POL)

    Daniel Brands (GER)
    Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)

    Martin Klizan (SVK)
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (7)

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    QUARTER 2:

    David Ferrer (ESP) (4)
    Martin Alund (ARG)

    Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
    Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)

    Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
    Santiago Giraldo (COL)

    Gastao Elias (POR)
    Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (26)

    Milos Raonic (CAN) (17)
    Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

    Alex Kuznetsov (USA)
    Igor Sijsling (NED)

    James Duckworth (AUS)
    Denis Kudla (USA)

    Ivan Dodig (CRO)
    Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (16)

    Kei Nishikori (JPN) (12)
    Matthew Ebden (AUS)

    Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
    Aljaz Bedene (SLO)

    Michael Llodra (FRA)
    Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

    Denis Istomin (UZB)
    Andreas Seppi (ITA) (23)

    Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (29)
    Simone Bolelli (ITA)

    Grega Zemlja (SLO)
    Michael Russell (USA)

    Guido Pella (ARG)
    Jesse Levine (CAN)

    Albert Ramos (ESP)
    Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (8)

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    QUARTER 3:

    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (5)
    Steve Darcis (BEL)

    Lukasz Kubot (POL)
    Igor Andreev (RUS)

    Stephane Robert (FRA)
    Alejandro Falla (COL)

    Adrian Ungur (ROU)
    Benoit Paire (FRA) (25)

    John Isner (USA) (18)
    Evgeny Donskoy (RUS)

    Pablo Andujar (ESP)
    Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

    Dustin Brown (GER)
    Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

    Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
    Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (11)

    Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15)
    Jurgen Zopp (EST)

    Marinko Matosevic (AUS)
    Guillaume Rufin (FRA)

    Radek Stepanek (CZE)
    Matt Reid (AUS)

    Kyle Edmund (GBR)
    Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (24)

    Fabio Fognini (ITA) (30)
    Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

    Julian Reister (GER)
    Lukas Rosol (CZE)

    Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)
    Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

    Victor Hanescu (ROU)
    Roger Federer (SUI) (3)

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    QUARTER 4:

    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (6)
    David Goffin (BEL)

    Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
    Ernests Gulbis (LAT)

    Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
    Xavier Malisse (BEL)

    Tobias Kamke (GER)
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31)

    Juan Monaco (ARG) (22)
    Bastian Knittel (GER)

    Lukas Lacko (SVK)
    Rajeev Ram (USA)

    Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
    Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

    Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
    Marin Cilic (CRO) (10)

    Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (14)
    Viktor Troicki (SRB)

    Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
    Albert Montanes (ESP)

    Marc Gicquel (FRA)
    Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

    Robin Haase (NED)
    Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (20)

    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (32)
    Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS)

    Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
    Jan Hajek (CZE)

    James Ward (GBR)
    Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

    Benjamin Becker (GER)
    Andy Murray (GBR) (2)

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  • Hantuchova Wins Birmingham WTA Final

    Hantuchova Wins Birmingham WTA Final

    Daniela Hantuchova won her sixth career title defeating 16-year-old prodigy Donna Vekic 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Birmingham WTA final.

    The Croatian youngster nearly snatched the first set before succumbing 7-5 in the tiebreak, prompting a code violation for racquet abuse as she vented her frustration.

    Hantuchova, a former world number 5, broke Vekic twice in the second set after suffering an early break of her own to run out the winner and take the title.

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  • The King of Queens: Murray wins the Aegon Championships

    The King of Queens: Murray wins the Aegon Championships

    Andy Murray celebrated the capture his third Queen’s Club title defeating the defending champion Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in a closely contested match interrupted by rain delays.

    It was the Scot’s first tournament since missing the French Open, and ideal preperation for his forthcoming Wimbledon campaign.

    Cilic won the first set, breaking for a 6-5 lead and fended off two break points to serve out the set. The fifth-seeded Croat, who won the title last year following David Nalbandian’s default by kicking a line judge, continued the momentum into the second set, but Murray had tightened up his service game and finally broke Cilic in the 12th game to level the match.

    The deciding set saw some moments of brilliance from the top-seeded Murray as he increased the tempo and placed Cilic under huge pressure. He finally got his rewards and took the set 6-3 to win the match, with Cilic netting a forehand on match point.

    Murray donated his winnings to the Rally Against Cancer. His close friend and fellow Briton Ross Hitchens was diagnosed with the illness six years ago.

    “Ross is one of my best friends, so whether I won or lost, it wasn’t going to change the fact that we were still doing something really good,” said Murray, who moves into Wimbledon with a grass court title under his belt.

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