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Bryans Win In Halle; Mahut/Herbert Cruise In London

  • Posted: Jun 16, 2016

Bryans Win In Halle; Mahut/Herbert Cruise In London

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Top-seeded Americans into the semi-finals in Germany

Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan moved into the semi-finals of the Gerry Weber Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Tomas Berdych and Marcel Granollers on Halle on Wednesday. The American twins next will face Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram or another set of brothers, Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev of Germany.

Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-0, 7-6(5) win against lucky losers Santiago Gonzalez and Scott Lipsky.

Seeded Teams Cruise At The Queen’s Club

Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut breezed past Dominic Inglot/Daniel Nestor 6-3, 6-3 in 50 minutes in the first round of the Aegon Championships on Wednesday. The Frenchman saved three break points and won 88 per cent of first serve points. They improved to 20-4 on the year.

Second seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares and third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau also won their first-round matches. Murray/Soares beat Americans Steve Johnson/Nicholas Monroe 7-6(2), 6-3, while Rojer/Tecau edged Canadians Vasek Pospisil/Milos Raonic 7-6(7), 7-6(3) in a match that featured no breaks of serve.

Wild cards Jonathan Erlich/Colin Fleming overcame a 0-6 first set to win 0-6, 6-2, 10/6 against Brits Aljaz Bedene and Kyle Edmund. They will face Rojer/Tecau in the quarter-finals.

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Kyrgios Inspires Kids, Brown Helps With Hospital Donation

  • Posted: Jun 16, 2016

Kyrgios Inspires Kids, Brown Helps With Hospital Donation

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It hasn’t all been about tennis for players this week. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.

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Aegon Championships – London, Great Britain

Andy Murray got a visit from David Beckham at The Queen’s Club. Beckham’s son Romeo is a huge tennis fan and had a hit with the Scot. Watch Video

Milos Raonic soaked in some British history at a famous landmark ahead of the tournament. Watch Video 

John Isner, Kyle Edmund, Marcelo Melo, Rohan Bopanna, James Ward and Marcin Matkowski gave heir time for the Children in Need charity pro-am.

Nick Kyrgios spent time with future British tennis stars at the Tennis for Kids clinic. Watch Video 

Gilles Simon, Roberto Bautista Agut and Edmund visited the Moet Chandon suite, Steve Johnson stopped by the Aegon, BNP and Haagen Dazs suites and Raonic made an appearance for sponsors Aegon and Ricoh.

Moet and Chandon off-court news 

Gerry Weber Open – Halle, Germany           

Home favourite Dustin Brown visited Children’s Hospital Bethel, just outside of Halle, to present a cheque of 15,000 on behalf of the Gerry Weber Open. Brown met hospital staff and made the presentation in the Roger Federer Kitchen, which was financed by the tournament, before making private visits to two young children being treated in the hospital. View Photo

The Gerry Weber Open has supported the hospital since 2005, with Federer, Tommy Haas and Alexander Waske all visiting in the past.

“It really was very interesting,” said Brown. “I’m always keen to give back and the tournament has shown a lot of confidence in me over the past few years. I asked about the kids because at first I thought it was just a cancer station and I was shocked when I saw a five-week-old kid, but then they said it’s also for babies that are born too early or with viral infections. That’s obviously not great, but it soothed me a little bit, because I felt really bad. It’s great from the Webers to give back in the region.” 

Daylong ambassador Philipp Kohlschreiber attended an autograph session and their booth on site. The sunscreen brand has been handing out sample products and doing giveaways at the tournament all week long. View Photo

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Federer Wins Halle 2016 Opener

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

Federer Wins Halle 2016 Opener

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Andy Murray & Aljaz Bedene set for all-British tie at Queen's

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016
Aegon Championships – Andy Murray v Aljaz Bedene
Venue: Queen’s Club, London Date: 16 June Time: 14:00 BST approx
Coverage: Live on BBC Two, Radio 5 live & 5 live sports extra, Red Button, Connected TVs and BBC Sport website.

Andy Murray will face a British opponent for the first time in 10 years when he takes on Aljaz Bedene at Queen’s Club on Thursday.

The pair will meet in the second round of the Aegon Championships at about 14:00 BST.

Slovenia-born Bedene gained UK citizenship last year and, at 58th in the world, is the British number two.

Top seed Murray last faced a fellow Briton in 2006, when he lost to Tim Henman in Bangkok.

“It’s amazing really,” said Murray, who is trying to win a record fifth title at Queen’s Club.

“I think maybe Tim is the only one that I ever played. I never played Greg [Rusedski] in a competitive match.

“It’s been a long wait really.”

Bedene has practised with Murray several times since gaining citizenship last March, and the 26-year-old had hoped to be part of the Great Britain Davis Cup squad by now.

He was denied by an International Tennis Federation tribunal and Bedene hopes Thursday’s match will provide a chance to introduce himself to the British public.

“I don’t see any better court than a court in England, one of the biggest courts,” said Bedene.

“I’m just going to try and play my best tennis and show myself.”

Murray will be playing his second match since Ivan Lendl returned to his coaching team and the new line-up had time for a first full practice on Wednesday.

“It’s good to get a proper practice session in, hopefully a few hours on the court and work on a few things,” said the world number two.

“It’s great to have him back as part of the team.”

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Agnieszka Radwanska: Top seed loses at Aegon Classic

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

World number three Agnieszka Radwanska was knocked out of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham as American Coco Vandeweghe secured a hard-fought 7-5 4-6 6-3 win.

The Polish top seed had won all four of her previous matches between the pair.

British number one Johanna Konta’s match against Misaki Doi was delayed until Thursday by wet weather.

Naomi Broady and Tara Moore – the British numbers three and four – lost their matches against Daria Gavrilova and Tamira Paszek respectively.

Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard’s poor form continued as she lost to Latvian world number 82 Anastasija Sevastova in Mallorca.

The 22-year-old Canadian, who lost to Petra Kvitova in the 2014 final at the All England Club, has only been beyond the third round in two of the 13 tournaments she has played this year.

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When Marcos Baghdatis Gets The Giggles

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

When Marcos Baghdatis Gets The Giggles

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Raonic Powers Up Against Kyrgios In London

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

Raonic Powers Up Against Kyrgios In London

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Milos Raonic won an ace-laden first-round clash against Nick Kyrgios on Wednesday at the Aegon Championships to start his partnership with four-time former Queen’s Club champion John McEnroe in style. Third seed Raonic hit 20 aces and converted two of his 11 break point opportunities in a 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Kyrgios, who struck 17 aces, in two hours and five minutes. The match had resumed at the start of the third set after it was suspended due to bad light on Monday night. Raonic will next play lucky loser Jiri Vesely in the second round.

Earlier in the day, wild card Kyle Edmund, who is part of the ATP’s Next Generation, recorded the biggest match win of his career. The 21-year-old Briton defeated eighth seed and last year’s semi-finalist Gilles Simon 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, in a rain-interrupted encounter over one hour and 43 minutes. It was only Edmund’s second grass-court win in nine tour-level matches.

Another British wild card Dan Evans came close to becoming the fourth local hope in the second round, but 34-year-old Paul-Henri Mathieu silenced supporters with a 7-6(8), 6-7(6), 6-3 win over two hours and 35 minutes. World No. 92 Evans hit 13 aces, while Mathieu saved seven of nine break points.

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Granollers Given Runaround In Halle 2016 Hot Shot

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

Granollers Given Runaround In Halle 2016 Hot Shot

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Queen's 2016: Kyle Edmund stuns French seed Gilles Simon

  • Posted: Jun 15, 2016

Britain’s Kyle Edmund earned the best win of his career as he beat French eighth seed Gilles Simon in the first round at Queen’s Club.

Edmund, 21, won 6-4 3-6 6-1 to join fellow Britons Andy Murray and Aljaz Bedene in round two of the Aegon Championships.

He will next face Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, who beat Britain’s Dan Evans 7-6 (10-8) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3.

“I really got my game on court and took it to him.” Edmund told BBC Sport.

It is the first time Britain has had three players through to the second round since Murray, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski did so in 2005.

Breakthrough win for Edmund

Simon, 31, is ranked 67 places higher than Edmund at 18 in the world but was second best for most of their delayed match, struggling badly with his ball toss on serve.

Edmund took advantage of a solitary service break to take the first set and led by a break early in the second, only to hand it straight back.

Simon looked to have taken charge when he clinched the second set but Edmund turned the contest around early in the third.

Facing three break points at 0-40, the Yorkshireman played superbly to win five straight points and – after a brief rain delay – powered through the remaining four games, sealing victory with a sweeping backhand.

“I thought in the back end of the second set I had a bit of a mental lapse, I played a sloppy game to get broken, so I was just trying to concentrate on what I was doing before,” added Edmund.

Evans, ranked 92nd could not make it four Britons in round two despite pushing world number 60 Mathieu.

The 26-year-old from Solihull failed to convert three set points in the first set, edged a similarly tight second in a tie-break, but one break was enough for Mathieu in the decider.

I had a lot of chances in all the sets,” said Evans.”It’s just a missed opportunity I think. It was a tight match and I came out on the wrong side.”

McEnroe helps Raonic past Kyrgios

Canada’s Milos Raonic won the serving duel with Australian Nick Kyrgios to clinch a 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 victory.

The pair resumed at one set all after they ran out of light on Tuesday evening, and a final set tie-break appeared inevitable until the Kyrgios serve faltered.

Two double-faults handed Raonic an unexpected break at 4-4 and, after falling 15-40 behind, the third seed served his way out of trouble.

Raonic has brought John McEnroe into his coaching team during the grass-court season, and said the three-time Wimbledon champion is a keen practice partner.

“He’s been on the court the whole time,” said Raonic. “It’s been a lot of fun, he’s very competitive and it’s obviously benefiting me as well.”

Elsewhere American seventh seed John Isner hit 25 aces on his way to a 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 win over former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro.

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