Two top-six seeds lost in the Halle Open's second day but No.1 seed Jannik Sinner, on his first match on grass this season, progressed comfortably.
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Alex de Minaur may have to change his pre-Wimbledon plans after a first round loss at Queen's that left him underprepared for the grasscourt grand slam.
Glenn Moore
Regular mixed doubles players may not like the revamped US Open event but star players seem to with Nick Kyrgios among those signing up to play in it.
Alex de Minaur suffered a disappointing exit at Queen's and Jordan Thompson retired, but Alexei Popyrin won and Adam Walton enjoyed an unexpected spotlight.
Aryna Sabalenka has branded her comments about Coco Gauff after the French Open final 'completely unprofessional', saying she wrote to her rival to apologise.
Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Bublik have all progressed in the Wimbledon warm-up in Halle, Germany, as they hone their grasscourt game.
Rising Russian teen Mirra Andreeva has been stunned by Poland's Magdalena Frech in the Berlin Open losing the deciding set 6-0.
Alex Bolt and Chris O'Connell are both out of Queen's, beaten by higher-ranked opponents, but three Australians are yet to play, led by Alex de Minaur.
Wimbledon looms large for a bunch of Aussies who will head to London with grass court success under their belts.
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‘You are loved unconditionally and we are so grateful to have you in our arms.’
Ben Sutton
Burnt-out Alex de Minaur has savoured a rare week when he had nothing to do with tennis - and trusts it's been a vital reboot before his Wimbledon assault.
Ian Chadband
Tristan Schoolkate has won the traditional pre-Wimbledon Ilkley Trophy in England while his fellow Aussie men have also been thriving on the grass courts.
Taylor Fritz has ruined Alexander Zverev's hopes of winning a grass-court title in front of his home fans as the American won their Stuttgart Open final duel.
Alexander Zverev will face an opponent who's beaten him in their last four matches when he tackles Taylor Fritz in the Stuttgart Open final.
German mother-of-two Tatjana Maria has reached her biggest final at 37 by beating Australian Open champ Madison Keys at the Queen's Club Championship.
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen has shown why she could be a threat at Wimbledon as she reached the semi-finals of the Queen's Club Championship.
Justin Engel, the first teen to reach a quarter-final of an ATP grass-court event since Boris Becker, has been knocked out in his home tournament at Stuttgart.
Australian hopes of starting the grass-court season in style at the annual pre-Wimbledon event in the Netherlands have been shattered at Rosmalen.
Wimbledon has announced a seven per cent increase in total prizemoney to $A112 million for this year's tournament.
Rohith Nair
Australian Open champ Madison Keys has looked in powerful form at the women's Queen's Club Championship as she made the quarter-finals.
Alex de Minaur won the pre-Wimbledon grasscourt tournament in Rosmalen last year - but in the champ's absence, the Australian men's 2025 challenge has flopped.
The injured Australian star won’t be reprising his role on-air with two major broadcasters later this month.
Ben McClellan
Hoping to make the Final 8 for a fourth straight year, Australia will host Belgium in a Davis Cup qualifying clash in Sydney in September.
James Duckworth has suffered a humbling defeat, to a German teenager who had never played a professional match on grass before.
