Rafael Nadal struggled past Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori at the Queen's Club, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.
Four-times French Open champion Rafael Nadal opened his grasscourt season on Wednesday with a ruthlessly efficient 6-2, 6-2 victory over experienced Swede Jonas Bjorkman at the Queen's Club ATP tournament. Andy Roddick began his pursuit of a fifth Queen's title by preceding Nadal on Centre Court and thumped down 15 aces to beat compatriot Robby Ginepri 6-7, 6-1, 6-1.
Rafael Nadal has cast doubt on his participation at Wimbledon, saying he needs to see how his body recovers after a long clay court campaign culminated in an 11th French Open title.
Big Croatian Mario Ancic dispatched ninth seed Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Queen's Club ATP tournament.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are top seeds at the major starting Monday
Andy Murray became the first British champion at Queen's Club for 71 years on Sunday when he beat American James Blake 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the grasscourt event. With just over a week to go before Wimbledon begins on June 22, the victory will provide the world number three with a much-needed boost as he aims to end the stranglehold of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the All England Club.
Andy Murray took another step closer to becoming the first British champion at Queen's Club for more than 70 years when he beat American Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals on Friday. Andy Roddick made sure he stayed in the hunt to set up a final date with Murray, scoring a 7-6, 7-6 win over fellow big server Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
Nadal set to face Kyrgios clash in second round
Rafael Nadal ended Andy Roddick's bid for a record fifth title at Queen's by charging into the final with a 7-5, 6-4 win.
Rafael Nadal survived a barrage of aces from Ivo Karlovic on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Queen's Club ATP tournament for the first time with a 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 victory. The top seed saw 35 aces fly past his racket but showed plenty of grasscourt skills of his own to sneak through to face defending champion Andy Roddick in the semi-finals.
Rafael Nadal predicted a big future for Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori after surviving a scare at Queen's Club.
Andy Roddick stayed on course for a fifth Queen's Club title on Thursday when fellow American Mardy Fish retired after one set of their Centre Court clash.
Four-times former champion Lleyton Hewitt enjoyed a gentle workout in his first match of the grasscourt season on Monday, beating wildcard Josh Goodall 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round at Queen's Club. Another former world number one Marat Safin, who has never made a secret of his dislike for grass, made harder work of the transition, beating qualifier James Ward 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Roger Federer warmed up for next month's Wimbledon championships by swatting aside David Goffin 7-6(2), 6-1 to win the Halle Open title for the 10th time on Sunday.
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It was Kristyna's first win over a top-five ranked player and she will go on to play fellow Czech Barbora Strycova in the quarter-finals.
World number two Rafael Nadal led an exodus of seeds at Queen's Club on Friday when swirling winds threw Wimbledon preparations off course for several players.
The Russian can qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon by reaching the semi-final of either the Madrid or Rome tournaments.
John McEnroe feels world number two Andy Murray has a temper like him and a coaching relationship with the British player would not have lasted very long.
The 31-year-old three-time Grand Slam champion had not played a competitive match since losing to Sam Querrey in last year's Wimbledon quarter-finals and opted to have right hip surgery five months ago.
From the heady heights of contesting his first ATP final, Nicolas Mahut will have to come back down to earth quickly because he has to try and qualify for Wimbledon.
The American staged a great escape with a dramatic 4-6, 7-,6 7-6 win over France's Nicolas Mahut in the final.
American second seed Roddick is gunning for his fourth trophy at Queen's Club in five years.
Andy Roddick barely put a foot wrong as he darted into the final of the grasscourt championships at Queen's Club with a 6-4 7-5 win over Russian Dmitry Tursunov on Saturday.
James Blake ended the three-year Queen's Club reign of Andy Roddick to announce himself as a surprise contender for Wimbledon.
The French Open champion is eyeing glory at Wimbledon, despite having won only one match on grass over the past 12 months.
The 32-year-old, five-times a winner of the singles at the prestigious Wimbledon warm-up event, delighted a large evening centre court crowd with some fluent shot-making as he and Spanish veteran Lopez beat top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(5), 6-3.
World No 2 Andy Murray has set his sights on overtaking Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings after capturing his second Wimbledon crown on Sunday.
Inspired Cilic vs 'tired' underdog Muller
Top seed James Blake recovered from a shaky start to beat Andy Roddick 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Indianapolis International Championship on Sunday.
The Aussie ace won the Stella Artois title for a record-equalling fourth time when he beat American James Blake.
Tim Henman beat Andre Agassi in the first round of the Stella Artois Championships
The 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win at the Pat Rafter arena was the 25-year-old's first in four attempts against world number five Nishikori and will boost his confidence ahead of the Australian Open, which starts on January 16 in Melbourne.
Andy Murray has what it takes to ruin Novak Djokovic's dreams of sweeping to a 'golden slam', coach Ivan Lendl has said as the Scot prepares for another tilt at the Wimbledon title.
England will beat Wales in their Euro 2016 Group B clash in Lens on Thursday if they match the team spirit of Chris Coleman's side, according to former captain David Beckham. Wales top the group after their 2-1 victory over Slovakia at the weekend while England were held 1-1 by Russia in Marseille. "It's a big game," Beckham said in a BBC interview.
'I need to go back to home,' Nadal said following his 7-5 7-6 defeat by little-known Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.
Back from an injury-forced break, Russian tennis ace Dmitry Tursunov is looking to assemble the missing parts in his game.
World number five Stanislas Wawrinka has added former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek to his coaching team for the grasscourt season, the Swiss player said on Friday.
John McEnroe believes outside of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios elevates the game like few others.
The Frenchman, seeded five, had no answer to left-hander Muller's swinging serve as he bowed out 6-4, 6-4.
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