2009 Queen’s Club Finals Set
June 13, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Tennis
The 2009 Queen’s Club final matchup is set with top-seeded Andy Murray squaring off against sixth-seeded James Blake. The pairing came after Murray won 6-2, 6-4 over unseeded Juan Carlos Ferrero in 1 hour and 11 minutes.
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Blake’s semifinal match came to an abrupt end when, with the score tied at 4-4, four-time Queen’s Club champion Andy Roddick withdrew from the match after suffering an ankle injury.
Murray is ranked third in the world with just Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer ahead of him. I’m sure he would love to win the event since, after advances to the finals, he will be playing his first title match in his native Great Britain and could become the first Brit to take the title in 71 years (the last local to win was Bunny Austin way back in 1938).
Blake, on the other hand, has never won a title on a non-hard court but, if history is any indicator, he could upset the higher seeded, Murray – they’ve battled just once before and Blake emerged victorious at the 2006 ATP Masters Series.
This year’s 2009 Aegon champion will take home $117,000.
