Queens Club - Fever-Tree Championships, London, UK, ATP 500

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DATE: June 18 - 24 2018
SURFACE: Grass
PRIZE MONEY: €1,983,595
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Feliciano Lopez

Seeds:

1. CILIC, Marin
2. DIMITROV, Grigor
3. ANDERSON, Kevin
4. GOFFIN, David
5. QUERREY, Sam
6. SOCK, Jack
7. EDMUND, Kyle
8. BERDYCH, Tomas

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 Fever-Tree.

The Players:

All eyes will be on Britain's former world number one Andy Murray who returns return from hip surgery. Murray won four titles between 2009 and 2015. Marin Cilic is the top seed and defending champion Feliciano Lopez returns.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the tournament.

About London

London is the capital and most populous city in England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the southeastern 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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The Draw

 

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So the primary sponsors are Fever-tree. Never heard of these before. Queens was always associated with Stella Artois beer back in the day.... or "wife-beater" as it's known in the UK, and more recently Aegon (Insurance).

Fever-tree "make" water... Can't say I'd be too eager to buy anything with "Fever" on the label.

 

[Horsa]

So the primary sponsors are Fever-tree. Never heard of these before. Queens was always associated with Stella Artois beer back in the day.... or "wife-beater" as it's known in the UK, and more recently Aegon (Insurance).

Fever-tree "make" water... Can't say I'd be too eager to buy anything with "Fever" on the label.

I can't say anything. I used to take feverfew for my migraines because it's a herbal remedy but I don't like the name of fever-tree for a bottled water. I think a name like spring-fresh would be more appropriate. (I later went on to peppermint tea which did the job & tasted nicer. It also helps get rid of stomach-aches & is good for concentration).

 

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Dimitrov talks Queens: "We Mean Business"

 

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[Chris Koziarz]

I'm surprised to see Stan is the draw without WC nor Q. After his ranking tumble into the lower-200, he does not qualify to be in such position. He does not have any significant successes on grass either. How do organisers explain such exceptional treatment of him (I exclude the passionate grounds that brit officials generally don't have) and can we expect the same in wimby?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I'm surprised to see Stan is the draw without WC nor Q. After his ranking tumble into the lower-200, he does not qualify to be in such position. He does not have any significant successes on grass either. How do organisers explain such exceptional treatment of him (I exclude the passionate grounds that brit officials generally don't have) and can we expect the same in wimby?

The entry list gets created about 6 weeks before the draw. The entry list is not based on today's rankings and based on the ranking at the time the entry list was created. However, the seeding is always based on the recent official (not live) ranking at the time of draw.

So, there was no exceptional treatment given to Stan (at that time he had not lost his RG points yet).

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

One of the worst draws you can get for a young guy is Muller on grass. Bad luck for Shapo. Out in 2 TBs.

 

[Moxie]

One of the worst draws you can get for a young guy is Muller on grass. Bad luck for Shapo. Out in 2 TBs.

I thought that one was hard to call. Shapo was up 4-1 in the first set TB. Not very interesting to watch, though, even as fun as Shapo can be.

 

[kskate2]

Stan looked pretty good today. Had 13 aces which is not normal for him on grass.

 

[kskate2]

So Sir Andy has to play wacky Nicky in R1. That's more brutal than Shapo getting Muller.

 

[monfed]

Cilic is looking in devastating form. #1 threat for Fed imo.

 

[kskate2]

@monfed Not likely. Fed eats cough drops for lunch.

 

[monfed]

@monfed Not likely. Fed eats cough drops for lunch.

cough drops? What's that sir?

 

[kskate2]

cough drops? What's that sir?

You haven't been around very long. But it's a nick name for Marin since he claimed cough drops caused him to fail that drug test.

 

[monfed]

You haven't been around very long. But it's a nick name for Marin since he claimed cough drops caused him to fail that drug test.

Ahhhhh ok I see. cough drops LOL, that's funny.

I'm just afraid of Cilic's massive groundstrokes and huge serve. That USO 14 beatdown left a scar.

 

[kskate2]

You and Darth are like kindred spirits. He was worried about the same thing when Fed played Marin in Aus final. I told him the same thing. Rog eats cough drops. LOL