Archive for category: Queen’s Club
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Nalbandian shock disqualification from Queen’s final against Cilic
The London crowd witnessed a shock disqualification of David Nalbandian in the AEGON Championships final against Marin Cilic, with a scoreline of 7-6 (3) 3-4 in the Argentine’s favour. It all happened in the second set when Nalbandian was trailing 4:3 (break down), having won the first set in a [...] -
Cilic to face Nalbandian in Queen’s final
Marin Cilic booked his place in Sunday’s final of the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club after defeating 2010 champion Sam Querrey 6-3 3-6 6-3. The conditions were far from perfect, strong wind making life difficult for both players. The Croat, who struggled with the wind at the beginning of [...] -
Cilic and Nalbandian through to Queen’s SFs
6th seeded Marin Cilic moved into the semifinals of the AEGON Championships after his opponent Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan was forced to retire when trailing 6-4 2-0. Lu, who had just beaten Janko Tipsarevic a couple of hours before the match against Cilic, showed signs of fatigue and an unfortunate [...] -
Tsonga crashes out of Queen’s
Last year’s finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out of this year’s AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club as he lost to Croat Ivan Dodig in today’s third round. Dodig prevailed in three hard fought sets, winning 7-6 (3) 3-6 7-6 (5) in 2 and a half hours. Both players had a [...] -
Berdych and Raonic into last 8 in Halle
No.3 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reached the last 8 at the Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle after defeating world no.33 Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 6-2. In a match that lasted just an hour, the Czech dominated in all departments, holding his serve with a lot of [...] -
Murray out of Queen’s, loses to Mahut
No.1 seed Andy Murray won’t be able to repeat last year’s triumph at the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club as he went out in the second round today, losing to Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. Mahut outpowered the Scot on his way to a three set victory, prevailing 6-3 6-7 (4) [...] -
Roddick and Simon lose their second round matches at Queen’s
Former world no.1 Andy Roddick crashed out of the AEGON Championships, losing to the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round of the tournament. Roger-Vasselin surprisingly defeated the 7th seeded American and four times Queen’s Club champion in three sets, winning 6-4 4-6 7-5. Roddick had a big chance to [...] -
Nalbandian and Querrey through to second round at Queen’s
Former Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian moved into the second round of this year’s AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club in London after overcoming Canadian Vasek Pospisil 4-6 6-2 6-2. He will now face Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans, who defeated Tunisian Malek Jaziri 6-4 1-6 6-3. American Sam Querrey, winner of [...] -
Karlovic eliminates Hewitt from the AEGON Championships
The former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt has been struggling with his form so far this year and today’s match against Ivo Karlovic of Croatia didn’t change anything on that fact. Karlovic dominated the match from the very beginning till the end thanks to his serve and outclassed Hewitt in both [...] -
Nadal says good bye to Queen’s for tax reasons
World no.2 Rafael Nadal, who won the Queen’s Club Championship in 2008, announced that he won’t be coming back next year because of tax reasons. He had to pull out of Queen’s only once in 2009 due to a knee injury. The Spaniard opted for the grasscourts in Halle in [...]
