Aegon Championships, Queens Club, London, UK, ATP 500

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DATE: June 13 - June 19, 2016
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: €1,802,945
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Andy Murray

Seeds:

1. Andy Murray
2. Stan Wawrinka
3. Milos Raonic
4. Richard Gasquet
5. Marin Cilic
6. Roberto Bautista Agut
7. John Isner
8. Gilles Simon

Protected Ranking: Juan Martin Del Potro

Photo: ATP

The Tournament:

The Queen's Club venue is in West Kensington, London, England. The club hosts the prestigious annual Queen's Club Championships grass court men's lawn tennis tournament. It has 28 outdoor courts and eight indoor. It is one of the oldest Tennis tournaments in the world, and annually serves as a warm-up for Wimbledon. The tournament began in 1890.

Andy Roddick has called the courts at the Queen's Club "arguably the best in the world".

It is currently sponsored by Aegon and known as the Aegon Championships

The Players:

Andy Murray won four titles between 2009 and 2015 and returns to defend his title. He heads a field that includes Stan Wawrinka, former US Open champion Marin Cilic and Richard Gasquet.

Juan Martin Del Potro will also be contesting for the title.



About City

London is the capital and most populous city of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south eastern part of the island of Great Britain it has a population of 8.5 million with a wider metro of nearly 14 million inhabitants.

London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transport all contributing to its prominence.[It is one of the world's leading financial centres.

Photo: David Iliff

Tourism Guide:

 

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no Nadal, no Tsonga but the field is strong nevertheless

 

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Raonic visits Westminster Abbey



Maybe seeking divine intervention? or drinking communion wine after a session with John McEnroe.

 

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Kyrgios/Raonic the pick of the bunch from the first round.

 

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BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!

IT will be very fascinating what it portends for ANDY MURRAY now that he has made new strides on clay -- winning rome - which is HUGE -- and reaching his first FO FINALS...

AND having IVAN LENDL back in his camp.

this queens is gonna be a HEAVY-HITTERS Contest! whew!

 

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Kyrgios/Raonic the pick of the bunch from the first round.

folks -=- just as tennis players - styles -- combating -- which of these two do you find more fascinating?

me -- it's of course kyrgios...he's a ''bad boy" yes -- but hey -- there are times when all these recent decades of ''good boys" is just soooooooooooo boring.

 

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that's too bad for the young thanasi ...

he REALLY made a wonderful presence 2 years ago at the AO - but just probably needs more time to grow into his huge potential.

will certainly keep an eye on that one.

 

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folks -=- just as tennis players - styles -- combating -- which of these two do you find more fascinating?

me -- it's of course kyrgios...he's a ''bad boy" yes -- but hey -- there are times when all these recent decades of ''good boys" is just soooooooooooo boring.

Yeah, I like Kyrgios - he's more of a pantomime villain than a real bad boy though... but at least when he opens his mouth, it's not just vanilla.

 

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Yeah, I like Kyrgios - he's more of a pantomime villain than a real bad boy though... but at least when he opens his mouth, it's not just vanilla.

he's clearly also a much better and more natural athlete than Raonic..and spontaneity in shot-making - definitely more fascinating.

roanic is fine -- very disciplined and a real potential with all his big game but we have seen a lot of power players and ARE spoiled by the likes of Federer, djokovic in their time and the ones before that -- to really be awed at this point just because raonic brings a big game by a big man.

at least that's the way i look at it.

 

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he's clearly also a much better and more natural athlete than Raonic..and spontaneity in shot-making - definitely more fascinating.

roanic is fine -- very disciplined and a real potential with all his big game but we have seen a lot of power players and ARE spoiled by the likes of Federer, djokovic in their time and the ones before that -- to really be awed at this point just because raonic brings a big game by a big man.

at least that's the way i look at it.

Agree on that take. So Milos is working with McEnroe this WImbledon... but I'm wondering how working with McEnroe over a grass season might work for Kyrgios.... Too many big ego's in a telephone box??

Although Nick isn't a fan of celeb coaches by all accounts:

 

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Stanimal vs Tabasco...really mouth watering

 

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Results from the Queen's Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat 4-Richard Gasquet (France) 7-6(2) 6-2


Richard Gasquet's visit to Queens was short lived.

Rain prevented play for the most part.

 

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Steve Johnson (U.S.) beat 4-Richard Gasquet (France) 7-6(2) 6-2

 

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