AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS – MURRAY, WAWRINKA GIVEN TOUGH DRAWS AT THE AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Written by: Staff on 7th June 2014

AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS - MURRAY, WAWRINKA GIVEN TOUGH DRAWS AT THE AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS |

Photo by Francisco Resendiz.

AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Queen’s Club

9th-15th June, 2014

Murray, Wawrinka Given Testing Draws At The Aegon Championships

Defending champion Andy Murray and top seed Stanislas Wawrinka will have to navigate difficult routes through the draw if they are to meet in the Aegon Championships final at The Queen’s Club on Sunday.

Third seed Murray receives a first round bye but could face Bernard Tomic or Radek Stepanek in the third round, if he gets past the winner of Paul-Henri Mathieu or Aljaz Bedene. Wawrinka also gets a bye, along with the other top eight seeds, but would face the 2006 Wimbledon semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis if the Cypriot gets past Bradley Klein in round one.

Also featuring in Murray’s half of the draw is Tomas Berdych. The Czech Republic world number six will face a second round contest with Dudi Sela if the Israeli comes through his first round match against a qualifier.

A second round match against fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov awaits Great Britain’s James Ward if he comes through his first round encounter with Blaz Rola of Slovenia.

The former finalist at The Queen’s Club, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is in the top half of the draw with Wawrinka and could face the young Austrian prospect Dominic Thiem in the second round if he defeats the Belgian David Goffin.

The other former champion in the draw, Lleyton Hewitt faces Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver.

The doubles draw sees Wawrinka and Dimitrov playing together, plus a number of other big singles names, with Bob and Mike Bryan the top seeds.

Tournament Director Ross Hutchins said: “This is my first year as Aegon Championships Tournament Director and it is very exciting to see the singles and doubles draws and the matches that we can now look forward to. Andy Murray returns as our defending champion, Stanislas Wawrinka is our top seed, and they will have plenty of competition from Tomas Berdych, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Grigor Dimitrov, Ernests Gulbis, Lleyton Hewitt and many more talented players. With many of the top singles players such as Wawrinka, Dimitrov, Tsonga, Hewitt and Marin Cilic all playing doubles, along with the Bryan brothers, we are in for a fantastic week of tennis.”

To view the full draw, go to www.aegonchampionships.com

Photo by Francisco Resendiz.

Interesting Tidbits :

The Aegon Championships has been staged at The Queen’s Club for more than a century.

Andy Murray, who completed the Aegon Championships-Wimbledon double in 2013, will try to join Roddick, Hewitt, John McEnroe and Boris Becker as the only four-time winners of one of the biggest, and most famous trophies in tennis.

In 2015, the Aegon Championships will attain ATP-500 status for the first as part of an expanded grass-court season. Wimbledon will move back a week and the Aegon Championships will be held 15th-21st June, 2015.

Aegon is Lead Partner of British Tennis and is helping to transform the sport in this country. They’re supporting young talent through the Aegon FutureStars programme, as well as sponsoring the junior and senior GB Davis and Fed Cup teams and amateur and professional events. In addition to the Aegon Championships, Aegon sponsor two other world-class grass court tournaments – the Aegon Classic and Aegon International – and will also sponsor the new WTA and ATP events in Nottingham from 2015. For further information visit www.aegontennis.co.uk

The Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) mission is to get more people playing tennis more often, and its role is to develop, promote and govern tennis in Britain.

For more information on the LTA and British tennis, visit: www.lta.org.uk

Topics: AEGON Championships, Andy Murray, Atp, Dominic Thiem, Jo Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Cilic, Queen's Club, Stanislas Wawrinka, Tennis, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych

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