The King heads to Queens 2007!

[davis]

www.tennis.com/news/ticker.aspx:
Still not recovered from a wrist injury he sustained in Rome, Murray pulls out of Queen's, which begins next week. He made no announcement about the rest of the grass season. "My wrist is getting better every day but it's just too soon to play," he said on his official website. "I've been hitting balls softly and doing strengthening exercises for it, also been getting treatment every day and working out in the gym, so hopefully it will continue to improve and I'll keep you updated."

[Dina]

means that Marat will get a bye!no?

[Alya10]

I think so. First 8 players get a bye, he is the eigth now according to the player's list, so... expect to see him play on Wednesday

[Dina]

oh thanx to God i'll be done with my exams exactly on Wednesday!

[davis]

From Times Online
June 7, 2007
British pair get Queens wild cards

British duo Alex Bogdanovic and Richard Bloomfield have been given wild cards for the Artois Championship at Queen's Club, which begins on Monday.

Both players have made progress up the world rankings this season. Bogdanovic has reached a career-high of 112 by winning a challenger tournament in Valencia and reaching a final in Cardiff.

Igor Andreev, the French open quarter-finalist, and the promising Croatian Marin Cilic have already received wild cards with a fifth to be awarded before the tournament begins.

The Queen's line-up also includes Tim Henman, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Fernando Gonzalez and Ivan Ljubicic. The draw will be made at 4pm on Saturday.

[Patxy]

www.artoischampionships.com/1/draws/drawssingle_first.asp
www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/311/mds.pdf



(1)Rafael Nadal
Bye

Juan Martin del Potro
Thomas Johansson

Gael Monfils
(WC)Igor Andreev

Max Mirnyi
(16)Fernando Verdasco

(11)Jonas Bjorkman
Justin Gimelstob

Nicolas Mahut
Igor Kunitsyn

Oscar Hernandez
Danai Udomchoke

Bye
(5)Ivan Ljubicic

(4)Novak Djokovic
Bye

Ernest Gulbis
Robert Kendrick

Chris Guccione
Andreas Seppi

Ivan Navarro Pastor
(14)Arnaud Clement

(9)Mardy Fish
Ivo Karlovic

Qualifier
Qualifier

Michael Berrer
Sebastien Grosjean

Bye
(8)Marat Safin

(7)Dmitry Tursunov
Bye

Frank Dancevic
Sergio Roitman

Yen-Hsun Lu
Michael Llodra

Feliciano Lopez
(12)Paul-Henri Mathieu

(15)Robby Ginepri
(WC)Richard Bloomfield

Amer Delic
Florent Serra

Janko Tipsarevic
Qualifier

Bye
(3)Fernando Gonzalez

(6)Lleyton Hewitt
Bye

Qualifier
Kristian Pless

(WC)Marin Cilic
Tim Henman

Alejandro Falla
(10)Julien Benneteau

(13)Hyung-Taik Lee
(WC)Alex Bogdanovic

(WC)Jamie Baker
Alexander Peya

Radek Stepanek
Davide Sanguinetti

Bye
(2)Andy Roddick

[Dina]

DOUBLES: Marat/Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) have entered as a WC and will play Chris Haggard/Hyung-Taik Lee in the 1st Round.

[davis]

First pics of Marat in Queens ;D

www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=91211&page=138

[Anne]

Thanks Davis:) He looks great over there! I really hope this new surface will do him well and I really hope he can get far in this tournament!!

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Marat will play the doubles tomorrow with Alex Bogdanovic.....

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 (First Matches Start at 12:30 PM)

CENTRE COURT

R Stepanek (CZE) v (2)A Roddick (USA)
M Cilic (CRO) v T Henman (GBR)
G Monfils (FRA) v (WC)I Andreev (RUS) ;D ;D ;D GO IGOR!!!!!!!!!!!
D Udomchoke (THA) v (5)I Ljubicic (CRO)

COURT 1

M Berrer (GER) v S Grosjean (FRA)
(9)M Fish (USA) v I Karlovic (CRO)
(10)T Johansson (SWE) v M Mirnyi (BLR)

Doubles
F Lopez (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) v J Coetzee (RSA)/ R Wassen (NED)

Doubles
J Kerr (AUS)/ A Peya (AUT) v T Henman (GBR)/ L Hewitt (AUS)

COURT TBA
Doubles
J Benneteau (FRA)/ N Mahut (FRA) v P Mathieu (FRA)/ G Monfils (FRA)


COURT 2
E Gulbis (LAT) v R Kendrick (USA)
J Tipsarevic (SRB) v (Q)D Vemic (SRB)
A Delic (USA) F Serra (FRA)

Doubles
J Auckland (GBR)/ R Ginepri (USA) J del Potro (ARG)/ F Gonzalez (CHI)

COURT TBA Doubles
N Djokovic (SRB)/ J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs M Bhupathi/ R Stepanek (CZE)

COURT 9
(Q)J Tsonga (FRA) v K Pless (DEN)
F Dancevic (CAN) v S Roitman (ARG)
(Q)A Kuznetsov (USA) v (Q)F Nielsen (DEN)

Doubles
C Haggard (RSA)/ H Lee (KOR) vs. A Bogdanovic (GBR)/ M Safin (RUS) Good luck for the Doubles, Maratik......

I only don't think that Eurosport is gonna show court 9 though.... so no live Maratik for me

[Anne]

Frensje: I don't think so either but if we're lucky (I'm from Holland too;)) they will show it on BBC. We have a tiny little chance because Bogdanovic is an English man.. I really hope so!

[maryb]

The Brits performed really well at at Queens today! Jaime's through in doubles and Alex Bogdanovich and Jamie Baker got through to the second round ... to play each other , with Roddick a possible 3rd round opponent. Watched Alex's match. He looked confident ... a good sign ... and came in to the net for a serve and volley at key points.

Good to see that the Big Yin will pair up with Alex in the doubles. Good confidence boost for Alex no doubt, and good practice for the Big Yin. ;D Hopefully Peter will have a good impact on both of them. If not, I'm still up for a short term coaching session!

PS Been a really crap day for me. See my comments in the FO tournament thread. A 'Borg disaster' involving an alsation. Hope he's okay ... as is Lipton! Will report from Liverpool on Friday ... through the torrential rain as forecast ...

[Alya10]

Bogdanovic praises Lundgren
Eurosport - Mon, 11 Jun 20:50:00 2007

British number three Alex Bogdanovic says that his work with Roger Federer's ex-coach Peter Lundgren has given him the faith he needs to break into the top-100.

"It does help to have a great coach behind you that believes in you. I think that's really important and when a coach believes in you, you start to believe in yourself a little bit more," the Belgrade-born Bogdanovic told eurosport.yahoo.com after upsetting 13th seed Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round of the Artois Championships at Queen's Club.

"And that definitely helps your game and your approach that you put into your matches."

The 23-year-old Bogdanovic, who adopted British nationality after moving to England at the age of seven, started working with Lundgren in February and has since impressed with a Challenger series title in Valencia and a finals appearance in Cardiff.

"It's a great win for me, I'm really happy, especially because I've been playing a lot of challengers this year and to come out here, I had to step it up," he said of the 6-4 6-4 opening round triumph.

"It was always going to be a tough match first round. He was seeded and I had to play well, which I did."

Bogdanovic also told a press conference that Lundgren has helped the mental aspects of his game greatly, saying the pair have discussed the Swede's work with current world number one Federer and former world number one Marat Safin.

"I've asked him a lot about Roger, Marat, when he coached them, how they dealt with the occasions," the Briton said.

"Everybody is human. Everbody went through a period like they would get nervous, like Roger did as well when he was younger. It's just finding how to deal with it."

Bogdanovic faces compatriot Jamie Baker in the next round after the fellow wild card came back from a set down to beat Alexander Peya 3-6 7-6 (5) 6-3.

[safinette]

Grosjean bt. Berrer so Marat will play against him tomorrow in 2nd round.

[jenhatter06]

Alex & Marat just got a win in doubles! woot!

6-2, 6-3 ... next up Levinsky/Skoch