LONDON (AP) -- Two-time former champion Andy Murray edged Benjamin Becker 6-4, 7-6 (3) Friday to reach the semifinals at Queen's Club. The top-seeded Murray served eight aces without a double-fault, and broke twice in each set. He also dropped serve three times in the match, but dominated the tiebreaker

The first in a series of daily photo-dispatches from Steve Tignor, who is currently at Queen's Club. All photos by Anita Aguilar.

LONDON—“What’s so special about Baron’s Court then?” That’s what the man with the gray ponytail in the ticket booth wanted to know. It was a fair question: I was at the Southwark tube station here, and I'd just told him that I needed to get to the Baron’s Court stop

LONDON—You have to feel for Marin Cilic. He’s the defending champion at the Queen’s Club tournament, but he’s yet to play on Centre Court. It feels like people have forgotten his win here, although they certainly remember David Nalbandian’s infamous default for unsportsmanlike conduct in the final last year. Now

LONDON (AP)—Andy Murray won twice Thursday to reach the Queen's Club quarterfinals, defeating Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a suspended match and then beating Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 6-2. Defending champion and fifth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia saved a match point and swept the last five games to down Spanish

It may pain fans of Roger Federer’s elegant, classic game, but the enduring image of this particular time in tennis probably will be that of Rafael Nadal, having backpedalled all the way into his backhand corner, striking a vicious inside-out forehand that rockets past his opponent—no matter how far back

LONDON—If you won the lottery, would you keep doing your job? Lleyton Hewitt would. In a sense, that’s exactly what he’s doing now. The 32-year-old is, after all, playing with house money at this point, his legacy assured with all his titles, including a Wimbledon and U.S. Open. After so

John McEnroe and I were on the same flight back from Paris to New York, and we chatted at the baggage claim area while waiting for our stuff. Like everyone else, McEnroe was first and foremost amazed by the powers of Rafael Nadal. But the thing that got him really

HALLE, Germany (AP) —Top-seeded Roger Federer looked rusty but beat German wild card Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open. His first singles match on grass as he prepares to defend the Wimbledon title wasn't all smooth sailing but Federer was never really

LONDON (AP)—Four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt and Tomas Berdych advanced to the third round at Queen's Club on Wednesday. Hewitt defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3, and Berdych held off a strong second-set challenge from Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker to win 6-1, 6-4. The 82nd-ranked Hewitt upset the 28th-ranked Dimitrov on the

Editors' Note: Below is the first of many grass-court reports you'll read over the next two weeks, as the pros head toward Wimbledon. Hannah Wilks starts us off, with Steve Tignor arriving in the UK later this week. LONDON—The best-laid plans—my plans, at least—are seldom, if ever, equal to the

Toni Nadal tells El Periodico that his fifth-ranked nephew Rafael is sitting in a good position to make a run at the No. 1 ranking. Nadal trails world No. 1 Novak Djokovic by about 5,000 points, but only has 90 points to defend the rest of the year. “We are

HALLE, Germany -- Gael Monfils defeated fifth-seeded Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open. Mirza Basic, a lucky loser playing his first main-draw match on the ATP Tour, stunned seventh-seeded Jerzy Janowicz 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5). The 21-year-old Bosnian reached a match

They're both September 1981 babies—as is your loyal Spin keeper—and they've appeared on the same stage before to boot. Now Beyoncé has taken her appreciation of Serena Williams' exploits to another level, posting about the 2013 French Open champion's success on both her website and Facebook page. The note on

LONDON (AP)—Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt rallied past Michael Russell of the United States 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round at the Queen's Club on Monday. The Australian has won this Wimbledon tuneup four times as well as the 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon. He has now won

We’ve had the Persistents and the Dominants: What’s the best co-word to describe Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams now? The Inescapables? The Undeniables? The Irresistibles? The Inevitables*? The Amazins? All of them apply: This weekend Rafa and Serena each made good on their pre-tournament favorite status and wrapped up the

David Ferrer had a lot to contend with today, up against Rafael Nadal in the French Open men's singles final at Roland Garros. Nadal had won the event seven times, ultimately taking his record eighth title today, and Ferrer was up against a wall from the get-go. Unfortunately he also

PARIS (AP)—If Rafael Nadal truly was going to be challenged, if his bid for an unprecedented eighth French Open championship would be slowed even a bit, this might have been the moment. Leading by a set and a break 70 minutes into Sunday's final against David Ferrer, another generally indefatigable

Few of us expected fireworks in the French Open final between Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer, but we gladly could have done without the ones that appeared at the end of the second set. What had been a routine, one-sided match suddenly turned frightening, as two shirtless, flare-carrying anti-gay marriage

PARIS—A fisherman himself, Rafael Nadal knows that you have to play even a small fish carefully. Thus, there was little chance that David Ferrer, his opponent in the French Open final, would break the line and get away with the glittering lure they struggled over — the French Open men’s