Queens, Birmingham 2nd Round Predictions: Del Potro-Malisse, Hampton-Keys, Hewitt-Dimitrov

Tsvetana Pironkova The grass court season got underway today in Birmingham and there were some interesting results as last year’s champion, Melanie Oudin fell to Ajla Tomljanovic in the first competitive match to grace the new Ann Jones Centre Court.  In other results, the grass lovers came out to play as Tsvetana Pironkova snapped a…

ATP Queens, Halle: Preview and Predictions

There are two ATP tournaments next week to kick off the 2013 grass court season.  Queens has always reigned supreme, but over the last couple of years the draw has looked much thinner and Halle certainly has grabbed the better line-up for 2013 even with Rafael Nadal pulling out.  Let’s take a look at the…

David Nalbandian disqualified from Queens Final

Incredible scenes saw David Nalbandian defaulted from the Queens Final, which handed the title to Marin Cilic.  As Nalbandian led 7-6 3-4, he kicked an advertising board and drew blood from a linesman.  The Queens crowd were furious during the post-match presentation as they booed the tournament director, but it should have been Nalbandian they…

WTA Birmingham: Quarter-Final Predictions

Grigor Dimitrov I am going to Birmingham tomorrow to watch the tennis so only have time to post my quick predictions for tomorrow’s action! WTA Bimingham Quarter-Finals: Jelena Jankovic to beat Misaki Doi/Stephanie Foretz-Gacon in 3 sets Zheng Jie to beat Roberta Vinci in 2 tight sets Ekaterina Makarova to beat Su-Wei Hsieh in 2…