Queens Club Semi Finals

Well another Queens Club almost at an end. Both semi finals finishing in two sets. Murray beating Roddick easily 6-3 6-1. James Ward had a good tournament getting this far, hope he has a good Wimbledon now. The final Murray and Tsonga starts at noon tomorrow.

Rainy Queens Club

A few surprises this afternoon at rainy Queens. Marin Cilic has pulled out with a knee injury giving Andy Murray an easy pass into the semi finals. Sam Querrey has failed to defend his title losing in three sets to Britains James Ward ranked at 216. 

ORDER OF PLAY - FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2011...Back to the future, lol

Big surprise, it's dark, miserable and raining here in Derbyshire this morning. Hopefully it will be better in London this afternoon for Queens. It looks like the match of the afternoon will be Nadal and Tsonga, especially with Nadal surprisingly dropping a set to Stepanek yesterday. All matches looking good though with the top 3 seeds still in the tournament. Also last years winner Sam Querrey is still in contention but has to finish his match with James Ward from last night which stands at 1 set all.


CENTRE COURT
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [3] A Roddick (USA)
[8] M Cilic (CRO) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA)
[WC] J Ward (GBR) or [13] S Querrey (USA) vs A Mannarino (FRA)
F Polasek (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / L Paes (IND)

COURT 1
[WC] J Ward (GBR) vs [13] S Querrey (USA) 36 63 - To Finish
K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT) vs [5] O Marach (AUT) / M Matkowski (POL)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) or [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) 76(3) - To Finish
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) or M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN) - To Be Arranged

COURT 9 
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)

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ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY 9 JUNE 2011

Hopefully the weather will be better today, it's seems more like winter at the moment. Looks like we're in for another terrible summer. Anyway it's the 4th day of Queens already. Murray has a tough one again, playing Janko Tipsarevic who is currently ranked at 31. I saw him play at Wimbledon 3 years ago and was quite impressed but expected him to climb further up the rankings. Grass seems to be his best surface though by reaching the 4th round at Wimbledon twice 2007 and 2008. Nadal plays Radek Stepanek who is 57 in the rankings, another player I saw at Wimbledon 2008. If the rain keeps away it looks like we're in for a great afternoon of tennis.

 CENTRE COURT
 [15] K Anderson (RSA) vs [3] A Roddick (USA) 
[14] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [2] A Murray (GBR)
[1] R Nadal (ESP) vs R Stepanek (CZE)
[WC] J Ward (GBR) vs [13] S Querrey (USA)
[7] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (ROU) vs M Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP)

COURT 1 
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) vs [9] [WC] D Nalbandian (ARG)
[10] M Llodra (FRA) vs [5] J Tsonga (FRA)
Not Before 3:00 PM
[12] J Del Potro (ARG) vs A Mannarino (FRA) or [6] G Simon (FRA)
[8] M Cilic (CRO) vs [11] T Bellucci (BRA)
J Del Potro (ARG) / R Stepanek (CZE) vs [8] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA)

COURT 2 
[6] W Moodie (RSA) / D Norman (BEL) vs F Polasek (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK)
Not Before 1:00 PM
A Mannarino (FRA) vs [6] G Simon (FRA) 67(4) 64 00 - To Finish 67 64
X Malisse (BEL) / K Skupski (GBR) vs [5] O Marach (AUT) / M Matkowski (POL)

COURT 9 
[WC] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs [3] M Bhupathi (IND) / L Paes (IND)
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) vs A Fisher (AUS) / S Huss (AUS)
S Lipsky (USA) / R Ram (USA) vs [2] M Mirnyi (BLR) / D Nestor (CAN)
[4] M Llodra (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs K Anderson (RSA) / J Knowle (AUT)