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ATP & WTA Weekend Winners for June 18, 2011

Eastbourne

ATP: Andreas Seppi d Janko Tipsarevic  - 76(5) 36 53 ret.

Andreas win his 1st title. Janko still in search of his.

Andreas: It's for sure a special moment for me.

I didn't expect to win my first title on grass...

but I really enjoy playing on this surface.

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WTA: Marion Bartoli d Petra Kvitova - 61 46 75

Marion grabs her 1st grass court title and 6th of her WTA career.

Marion: We were seven out of the Top 10 players plus Venus and Serena...

So it was definitely a very hard task to win the tournament.

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s-Hertogenbosch

APT: Dmitry Tursunov d 4 Ivan Dodig - 63 62

Dmitry wins his 7th ATP title & 1st in two years.

He will make a rankings jump to about #50 on Monday.

Dmitry: After being in tennis a long time now,

I understand one week can be terrible and one week can be great.

I happened to do all the right things at the right moments this week & I won.

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WTA: 7 Roberta Vinci d Jelena Dokic - 67(7) 63 75

This was Roberta's 5th career WTA title & 2nd of the 2011 season.

Roberta: I'm tired and am playing on Monday at Wimbledon.

But I'm happy - I just won a tournament!

Photos: Reuters/Getty Images

Serena Williams Loses 2nd Match Back in Her Return at Eastbourne

Eastbourne WTA - Second Round

1 Vera Zvonereva d Serena Williams - 36 76(5) 75

For the last week my Twitter feed has blown up about Serena's return.

And it has been nothing but unrealistic talk.

I mean, she's been away for a year - what did you honestly expect?

Hell, she barely got out of her 1st round match.

She was just seeded 7th at Wimbledon this morning so...

I would think she'd get to the 2nd week but I think it's still a question mark.

Sad stat: Her 1st serve was at only 53% and she committed 7 double faults.

This will need to improve for her to make a deep run.

Of course the defending champ has coming out-of-nowhere before...

Photo: Getty Images

Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch: ATP & WTA Winners

Ok guys - time to focus on Wimbledon.

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EASTBOURNE

ATP: 8 Michael Llodra d 5 Guillermo Garcia Lopez - 75 62

This is Llodra's 2nd title of 2010 - 5th career ATP title.

WTA: Q Ekaterina Makarova (above) d Victoria Azarenka - 76(5) 64

Makarova wins her 1st WTA title in her 3rd final round attempt.

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's-HERTOGENBOSCH

ATP: Sergiy Stakhovsky d 7 Janko Tipsarevic - 63 60

This is Sergiy's 1st title of 2010 - 3rd of career.

WTA: 1/WC Justine Henin vs 7 Andrea Petkovic - 36 63 64

Justine's 2nd title of 2010 - 43rd on WTA tour.

Photo: Ekaterina Makarova - Getty Images

Oh yea... they have been playing tennis this week...

I kinda took this week off from following tennis much...

I'm still exhausted from the French and needed a breather before Wimby.

But the tennis calendar stops for nothing.

The finals are set for the men & women in Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch.

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EASTBOURNE

ATP: 5 Guillermo Garcia Lopez vs 8 Michael Llodra - H2H: 0-0

WTA: Victoria Azarenka vs Q Ekaterina Makarova - H2H: 0-0

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's-HERTOGENBOSCH

ATP: 7 Janko Tipsarevic vs Sergit Stakhovsky - H2H: 0-1

WTA: 1/WC Justine Henin (above) vs 7 Andrea Petkovic: H2H: 0-0

Photo: Justine Henin - AP

Kim Clijsters is ONLY Seed to Advance Today at Eastbourne

5 Kim Clijsters d Yanina Wickmayer - 61 61 - 2nd Round

She crushes her fellow Belgian in her 1st match back from injury.

Kim joins Sam Stosur & Marion Bartoli as the only seeds in the round of 16.

Now check out this mess of seeded losers today (not good ladies):

Aravane Rezai d 1 Caroline Wozniacki - 64 16 63

Victoria Azarenka d 4 Agnieszka Radwanska - 76(2) 61

Elena Baltacha d 7 Li Na - 76(2) ret.

Q Ekaterina Makarova d 6 Flavia Pennetta - 76(5) 61

Sorana Cirstea d 2 Francesca Schiavone - 75 63

Photo: Getty Images

Kim Clijsters: Playing Singles & Doubles at Eastbourne

So glad her foot is better!

From her Twitter:

1. Good morning my tweetfriends! Off to practice but first need to get my foot taped!

2. Just finished hitting! Starting to hit the ball well again... Can't wait to go to Eastbourne and play matches again!

3. And playing doubles with my girl Kuzi in Eastbourne! :-)

By the way, Kim is the 2005 Eastbourne champion.

Injured Kim Clijsters & Victoria Azarenka Discuss Returns at Eastbourne

I love following tennis players on Twitter.

Kim's Twitter: Just finished my first hit! Only 45 min but went ok! Now wait and see how it reacts... Fingers crossed guys!

Victoria's Twitter: hey, how are you doing? I am doing better! Are you playing in Eastbourne?

Kim: Yes, I am playing there! If my foot holds up!

Victoria: good! i see u there! if u get there early maybe we can hit! all the best and hi to jada:)