Gotta love the early grass tournaments, as all the veterans have to struggle to get their grass legs under them after months of clay court tournaments. I'm going to assume that's the explanation for JCF and Marcos going out in the first round of Halle. It also explains the relative success of the qualifiers in Birmingham, who've already had a few grass matches under the belts.
Robbie made it through after Voegele retired, after losing the first set, due to a low back injury (a common ailment on grass).
Other notable winners: Apricot, Reeshie, Viktor, Lleyton, Sania, Bethanie, A-Chak, Burrito.
Queens:
Singles - First Round
[9] J Benneteau (FRA) d A
Clement (FRA) 62 64
[11] R Gasquet (FRA) d K Nishikori (JPN) 63 63
[12]
M Llodra (FRA) d A Golubev (KAZ) 63 62
E Korolev (KAZ) vs [13] S
Giraldo (COL) - to finish 33
[14] D Sela (ISR) d C Guccione (AUS)
67(4) 76(5) 64
[16] D Istomin (UZB) d [WC] J Baker (GBR) 61 64
R
Ginepri (USA) d [WC] J Ward (GBR) 63 75
[Q] A Bogdanovic (GBR) vs
[WC] G Dimitrov (BUL) - to finish 46 63 21
K Anderson (RSA) d T Dent
(USA) 67(7) 63 75
M Fish (USA) vs S Devvarman (IND) - to finish 61
32
R Schuettler (GER) d D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 61 62
R Ram (USA) d K
Beck (SVK) 16 63 64
J Levine (USA) d [WC] R Harrison (USA) 63 63
I
Navarro (ESP) d D Koellerer (AUT) 63 64
P Lorenzi (ITA) d P Riba
(ESP) 64 64
I Kunitsyn (RUS) d I Marchenko (UKR) 16 64 63
G
Muller (LUX) d M Przysiezny (POL) 76(3) 63
M Daniel (BRA) d B Kavcic
(SLO) 61 64
Doubles - First Round
A Murray
(GBR) / J Murray (GBR) vs S Lipsky (USA) / S Querrey (USA) - postponed
due to rain
[WC] J Delgado (GBR) / J Marray (GBR) vs N Djokovic (SRB)
/ J Erlich (ISR) - postponed due to rain
[WC] C Eaton (GBR) / D
Inglot (GBR) vs M Cilic (CRO) / A Sa (BRA) - to finish 26
A Clement
(FRA) / N Mahut (FRA) vs M Granollers (ESP) / F Lopez (ESP) - to finish
52
Birmingham:
Singles - First Round
(10) Magdalena
Rybarikova (SVK) d. Regina
Kulikova (RUS) 57 32 ret. (low back injury)
Marina
Erakovic (NZL) d. (11) Melinda
Czink (HUN) 75 64
(13) Angelique
Kerber (GER) d. (Q) Misaki Doi (JPN) 63 36 63
(14) Tamarine
Tanasugarn (THA) d. Lilia
Osterloh (USA) 62 62
Anastasia
Rodionova (AUS) d. (Q) Michaella
Krajicek (NED) 63 63
Alla
Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. (WC) Heather Watson (GBR) 64 63
Jarmila
Groth (AUS) d. Julie
Coin (FRA) 76(4) 26 63
Sania
Mirza (IND) d. Chan
Yung-Jan (TPE) 61 64
Ekaterina
Makarova (RUS) d. Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) 63 63
Bethanie
Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Alberta
Brianti (ITA) 46 64 62
Anna
Chakvetadze (RUS) d. (WC) Melanie
South (GBR) 36 64 64
Shenay
Perry (USA) d. (WC) Naomi Broady (GBR) 64 64
Michelle
Larcher de Brito (POR) d. (Q) Ekaterina
Dzehalevich (RUS) 62 46 63
(Q) Sesil
Karatantcheva (KAZ) d. Katie
O'Brien (GBR) 63 64
(Q) Laura
Robson (GBR) d. Stefanie
Voegele (SUI) 64 01 ret. (low back injury)
(Q) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Mariana
Duque Marino (COL) 61 62
(Q) Alison Riske (USA) d. Sandra
Zahlavova (CZE) 76(5) 46 60
Halle:
Singles - First Round
[LL] D Meffert (GER) d [4] J
Ferrero (ESP) 63 75
P Petzschner (GER) d [7] M Baghdatis (CYP) 64 63
[8]
L Hewitt (AUS) d P Luczak (AUS) 62 62
L Lacko (SVK) d J Chardy (FRA)
75 76(0)
T de Bakker (NED) d [Q] R Bopanna (IND) 64 76(11)
V
Troicki (SRB) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 61 76(4)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) d [4] M Kohlmann (GER) / J Nieminen (FIN) 16 76(8) 10-5
C Kas (GER) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [WC] Y Allegro (SUI) / R Federer (SUI) 64 76(6)
