Not much to report today other than the top players are in the midst of their preparation for Wimbledon which starts on June 21st. On the men’s side Federer and Davydenko both started the grass season off successfully in Halle, Germany at the Gerry Weber Open. At the Queen’s Club tournament in London, England Andy Murray and Andy Roddick are thru to the next round. Jamaica’s own Dustin Brown, who was a featured player on GEM Tennis a couple of months ago is into the second round. His aggressive game should give the world’s best players all sorts of problems.

All the best!

- Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis

ATP

Gerry Weber Open (Halle, Germany) – Federer, Davydenko Off To Winning Starts

RESULTS – TUESDAY, 8 JUNE, 2010

Singles – First Round
[1] R Federer (SUI) d J Nieminen (FIN) 64 64
[2] N Davydenko (RUS) d S Greul (GER) 76(1) 60
[WC] N Kiefer (GER) d [3] M Youzhny (RUS) 46 61 75
[6] J Melzer (AUT) d [Q] A Kudryavtsev (RUS) 36 76(2) 62
M Chiudinelli (SUI) d O Rochus (BEL) 63 26 63
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d *[LL] R Bemelmans (BEL) 76(2) 67(10) 64
[WC] A Beck (GER) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 61 75
[WC] M Zverev (GER) d F Serra (FRA) 64 64

*[LL] R Bemelmans (BEL) replaced [5] R Stepanek (CZE) – (virus infection)

AEGON Championships (London, Great Britain) – Murray Tested In Opener; Roddick Cruises

RESULTS – TUESDAY, 8 JUNE, 2010

Singles – Second Round
[3] A Murray (GBR) d I Navarro (ESP) 76(8) 63
[4] A Roddick (USA) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 62 61
R Schuettler (GER) d [6] G Monfils (FRA) 63 67(4) 62
[11] R Gasquet (FRA) d R Ram (USA) 63 75

Singles – First Round
M Granollers (ESP) d [10] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 64 36 63
[13] S Giraldo (COL) d E Korolev (KAZ) 76(6) 46 63
[WC] B Tomic (AUS) d [15] A Seppi (ITA) 63 57 63
D Brown (JAM) d [Q] F Dancevic (CAN) 75 67(4) 64
[WC] G Dimitrov (BUL) d [Q] A Bogdanovic (GBR) 46 63 64
M Fish (USA) d S Devvarman (IND) 61 64
[Q] N Mahut (FRA) d Y Lu (TPE) 76(2) 64
M Gicquel (FRA) d M Russell (USA) 76(6) 63
X Malisse (BEL) d [Q] D Tursunov (RUS) 62 76(3)

WTA

AEGON CLASSIC Birmingham-GBR

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Singles – First Round
(9) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 75 61
(16) Vania King (USA) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 60
Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 62 36 62

Suspended due to rain
(15) Kristina Barrois (GER) vs. Karolina Sprem (CRO) 21
Jill Craybas (USA) vs. (LL) Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 75 34

Andy Roddick of USA stretches for a shot during his second round match against Igor Kunitsyn of Russia on Day 2 of the the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club on June 8, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Christopher Lee/Getty Images)

Dustin Brown of Jamaica in action during his first round match against Frank Dancevic of Canada on Day 2 of the the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club on June 8, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Montfils of France returns the ball to Schuettler of Germany during their tennis match at the Queen's Club Championships in west London