Home Court Advantage

In all that talk of grunting yesterday, I don't think I really stopped to give our weekend winners much of a talking about - which is a mighty shame, because there were some interesting results. So here goes!

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First of all, the British media went absolutely psycho over Andy Murray winning Queen's - and with good reason. Sure, he was the top seed and sort of expected to win, but he's the first Brit to win a grasscourt title since about 1066, so you can understand why. And I've got to say... while, internationally, Murray goes into Wimbledon a tiny bit under the radar - who wouldn't be eclipsed by that final we had last year with Rafa and Roger? - I think there is good reason to think that he'll go deep. I don't know if he's at finals level yet - actually, I think it depends which half of the draw he ends up in. I don't really like anyone's chances against Federer right now, still riding the happy wave from Roland Garros and looking to pull a Borg, but if Murray ends up in the Nadal half of the draw, and Nadal's knees are a badness, and Murray's got that whole crowd behind him... it could be very, very interesting.

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I'm going to tip him to at least play out his seeding and make it to the semis. Further tippage will ensue once we have the draw. This much is certain - I think Tim Henman will be a little annoyed if Andy manages to steal his thunder!

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Over to Halle, and here's looking at you, Tommy Haas. The big German with the shoulder held together by sticky tape is in some fine form at the moment. He beat both Tsonga and Djokovic en route to the title, and that is no mean feat - though one really has to put a giant question mark over Djokovic at the moment. He says he's still mentally exhausted from that match against Nadal in Madrid, where he had the match points... Novak, please. That was a thousand years ago now. Suck it up and get over it. The way he's playing, I wouldn't be surprised to see another early round exit, particularly if he gets one of those tricky players early on, like he did at Wimbledon last year, when he went out to Safin in the second round.

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But enough of Djokovic. Back to Haas. He did a fine, fine job in securing that title - just like Murray, in his home country, as well. Not too shabby at all. I don't think I'm quite up to tipping him to making a surprise finals showing, but depending on what area of the draw he's in, he could easily make it to the round of sixteen or even the quarters. We'll wait and see, I suppose!

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And Magdalena Rybarikova won her first title in Birmingham. I don't know much about Rybarikova - the only time I've ever seen her play was live, when she got bagelled by Vera Zvonareva at the Aussie Open. She seems to have bounced back from that all right, so snaps to you, Magdalena!

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Today's Results

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Ordina Open (s'Hertogenbosch)

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Men's Draw

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David Ferrer def. Jesse Huta Galung, 6-2 7-5

Rainer Schuettler def. Nicolas Devilder, 6-4 7-6 (8-6)

Marc Gicquel def. Steve Darcis, 6-2 6-3

Jeremy Chardy def. Philipp Petzschner, 6-1 6-3

Michael Llodra def. Mischa Zverev, 4-1 retired

Oscar Hernandez def. Daniel Koellerer, 6-3 6-2

Benjamin Becker def. Florent Serra, 6-3 6-4

Dick Norman def. Daniel Berta, 6-3 6-3

Kristof Vliegen def. Jan Hernych, 2-6 7-5 6-2

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Women's Draw

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Yaroslava Shvedova def. Patricia Mayr, 6-2 6-0

Kateryna Bondarenko def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-4 3-6 6-4

Daniela Hantuchova def. Roberta Vinci, 7-6 (7-2) 6-4

Flavia Pennetta def. Yung-Jan Chan, 6-4 6-2

Ksenia Pervak def. Petra Cetkovska, 7-5 7-6 (8-6)

Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, 6-1 6-3

Michaella Krajicek def. Sara Errani, 6-4 6-2

Yanina Wickmayer def. Maria Elena Camerin, 6-1 6-3

Francesca Schiavone def. Julie Coin, 6-2 6-2

Olga Govortsova def. Severine Bremond, 6-2 6-1

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AEGON International (Eastbourne)

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Men's Draw

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Dmitry Tursunov def. Fabio Fognini, 6-3 4-6 6-4

Fabrice Santoro def. Robert Kendrick, 6-3 6-2

Sam Querrey def. Paul Capdeville, 6-2 7-5

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Evgeny Korolev, 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 6-2

Leonardo Mayer def. Eduardo Schwank, 6-4 6-2

Yen-hsun Lu def. Colin Fleming, 7-6 (7-2) 1-6 6-3

James Ward def. Victor Crivoi, 6-1 6-3

Joshua Goodall def. Tatsuma Ito, 6-4 6-1

Alex Bogdanovic def. Ivo Minar, 6-4 7-6 (7-3)

Brydan Klein def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, 6-3 5-7 6-1

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Women's Draw

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Elena Dementieva def. Maria Kirilenko, 6-2 6-2

Virginie Razzano def. Alize Cornet, 7-6 (7-3) 6-2

Samantha Stosur def. Sabine Lisicki, 6-2 6-1

Nadia Petrova def. Ana Ivanovic, 6-1 4-6 6-4

Jie Zheng def. Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-2 6-2