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 | Nadal continues in Queens after a difficult victory9-06-2011 |
Champion Open de France tennis Rafael Nadal (Spain) record their second win of the season on grass after beating Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 6:3, 5:7, 6:1 and qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament Queens in London with a prize fund 1.15 million dollars.
The second-seeded Andy Murray beat Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) with 6:4, 7:6 (7:4) and qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament on grass Queen's in London with a prize fund 1.15 million dollars. The meeting was interrupted for 55 minutes because of rain with 5:4 for Murray in the first set. Only two minutes after the renewal of the Scottish game took games and won the first set 6:4. In the second Murray met serious opposition and won after a tiebreaker with 7:4. Two Frenchmen are not consumed their meetings against their own countrymen because of injuries. The sixth-seeded Gilles Simon dropped against Adrian Manarino because of back pain, and Michel Llodra withdrew because of a thigh injury other representative of France - its Tsonga Jo-Wilfried.