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Rafael Nadal's first match since the French Open, which will come just three days after he captured a ninth Roland Garros title by defeating Novak Djokovic last weekend, is set for Wednesday against Dustin Brown during second-round action at the Gerry Weber Open.
With the sun beating down and the grass playing perfectly, four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt and Britain’s No.2 and No.3 players were all victorious on day one of the Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club.
Newly-crowned British No.1 Heather Watson leads an all-star line-up at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham on Tuesday. Watson takes on Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak on the Ann Jones Centre Court on day two of the WTA Premier event at the Priory Club.
Lleyton Hewitt will begin his hunt for a record fifth Aegon Championships title on Centre Court at The Queen’s Club on Monday. The 2002 Wimbledon Champion will face the unseeded Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the third match scheduled for the opening day of the 2014 Aegon Championships.
Andy Murray will work with two-time women's grand slam winner Amelie Mauresmo for the four-week grass season starting next week, the world eight announced. Murray's surprise decision took some of the emphasis briefly away from the French Open final between eight-time winner Rafael Nadal and world No. 2 Novak Djokovic.
Click here for the draws and order of play from Aegon Championships.
The 2014 French Open concluded this Sunday, with Rafael Nadal lifting the trophy on Men’s side for the ninth time and Maria Sharapova taking her second French Open title on the Women’s side on Saturday respectfully.
Great Britain’s Katy Dunne earned one of the biggest wins her career so far when she defeated Alize Lim of France in the first round of qualifying at the Aegon Classic, held at the Priory Club in Birmingham on Saturday.
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.
Here are some EPA photos of the French Open final match between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Paris, France. Enjoy!
It was Maria Sharapova holding the trophy at the finish of the women’s singles at Roland Garros. It was the second longest women’s final in the history of the tournament. Sharapova and her opponent Simona Halep traded the lead throughout the long sets. It was an extraordinarily exciting final after last year’s romp by Serena Williams.
Trading shots is what Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic do when they have a business meeting. They’ve been at it for more than a few years and including today’s match, they have met 42 times, which is the most head-to-head encounters in tour level play in the Open Era.
Andy Murray and Ernests Gulbis are part of another outstanding field at the Queen's Club's Aegon Championships, which begin on Monday. They are coming off semifinal showings at the French Open, where Murray and Gulbis lost to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, respectively.
Two of the WTA Tour’s most exciting young stars, 17-year-olds Belinda Bencic and Donna Vekic, will face each other in the first round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Saturday’s draw threw the teenagers together what should be a showcase of burgeoning talent.
The grass-court season may be short, but to say it is also sweet would be an understatement. Two of the four weeks, of course, are spent at the All-England Club.
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