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

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

 

[Moxie]

Some really great matches on for tomorrow:

Verdasco v. Wawrinka (@isabelle is especially looking forward to this one) Who knows?
Murray v. Mahut - Mahut just won a grass title; maybe he's tired, or maybe he troubles Murray's Wimbledon prep
Kyrgios v. Raonic
F. Lopez v. Cilic - Lopez can be terrific on grass
Isner v. DelPotro - tricky match-up for both
Tomic v. Anderson

 

[isabelle]

Stan in big troubles vs Verdasco

 

[Moxie]

And Verdasco does it, in straights. He hit a spectacular dtl forehand on the run for 6-2 in the TB.

 

[Carol]

Oops Wawrinka......

 

[Moxie]

Good to see Lendl back in Murray's box. Made me smile.

 

[Front242]

Good to see Lendl back in Murray's box. Made me smile.

Unlike Lendl. Did he even smile when Murray won Wimbledon? I don't think he showed any emotion. F*****g cyborg lol. Might do something for Murray for placebo I guess.

 

[britbox]

A flicker of a smile and feint applause. Ivan doesn't blow sunshine up Muzza's arse... Andy has the rest of his camp doing that. Seemed to work to good effect though... you got the impression that Andy wanted to please Ivan.

 

[Moxie]

Unlike Lendl. Did he even smile when Murray won Wimbledon? I don't think he showed any emotion. F*****g cyborg lol. Might do something for Murray for placebo I guess.

Hi, Front! I wondered if someone would find that ironic. I like Ol' Stone Face. And I think he's more than a placebo for Andy. As BB said, it has always seemed that he worked hard to please Lendl. Plus, Ivan doesn't tolerate the abuse towards the box, which I think everyone agrees is where Murray wastes energy and focus. When he's had his biggest wins, he's been emotionally economical and focused.

 

[Carol]

Who will win the third set and match, Raonic or Kyrgios?

 

[Moxie]

Who will win the third set and match, Raonic or Kyrgios?

I'd love to see Kyrgios pull it off, but he's not reading Milos's serve that well. If Nick decides to fight for it, I think he has more upside than Raonic. But he can be complacent.

 

[britbox]

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

Aljaz Bedene (Britain) beat Benoit Paire (France) 7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-4
Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3
Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-4
Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat James Ward (Britain) 6-4 6-4
1-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Nicolas Mahut (France) 7-6(8) 7-6(1)
Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-3 6-4
6-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Sam Querrey (U.S.) 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(1)
5-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Donald Young (U.S.) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-3 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (France) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-4 6-2
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat 2-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6-2 7-6(3)



Wawrinka, an early casualty at Queens... not the best of starts with his new coach Richard Krajieck.

 

[britbox]

Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat 2-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6-2 7-6(3)

 

[britbox]

Tuesday Highlights:

 

[britbox]

Grigor Dimitrov extends his run of poor form losing to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3

 

[Carol]

I'd love to see Kyrgios pull it off, but he's not reading Milos's serve that well. If Nick decides to fight for it, I think he has more upside than Raonic. But he can be complacent.

I hope too but we'll see what is going to happen, I see some players are having some difficulties playing their first matches on grass

 

[britbox]

Lendl back in the Murray hood.

 

[Billie]

Good result for Verdasco, he is playing well this year. Good for Janko, but Dimitrov is off the track completely.

 

[isabelle]

Chardy and Paire lost