LONDON, June 10, 2008 (AFP) - The Lawn Tennis Association were accused of letting young British talent go to waste after James Ward, one of the prospects they neglected, came close to shocking former world number one Marat Safin at Queen's Club.

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Collated results from the 540,625 pounds (675,847 euros) Queen's Club Championships here on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 7-5, 6-3

Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Kei Nishikori (Japan) bt Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the 540,625 pounds (675,847 euros) Queen's Club Championships here on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 7-5, 6-3

Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Kei Nishikori (Japan) bt Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Lleyton Hewitt started his challenge for a record fifth Queen's Club title with a 6-4, 6-4 first round win over Josh Goodall on Monday.

Hewitt, 27, has always been at home on the lush lawns of west London and, even though the Australian was far from his best, he was still too strong for British wildcard Goodall.

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the 540,625 pounds (675,847 euros) Queen's Club Championships here on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 7-5, 6-3

Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Kei Nishikori (JAP) bt Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Lleyton Hewitt made a solid start to his bid for a record fifth Queen's Club title as the Australian reached the second round with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Josh Goodall on Monday.

Hewitt, 27, arrived in England after a heart-breaking five-set defeat to David Ferrer in the French Open third round.

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's Kei Nishikori made a winning debut at the Queen's Club championships with an impressive 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 first round victory over Alejandro Falla on Monday.

Nishikori, 18, is rapidly emerging as the best Japanese prospect for over a decade and he underlined that status to set up a second round clash against Sam Querrey or Olivier Patience.

LONDON, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the 540,625 pounds (675,847 euros) Queen's Club Championships here on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 7-5, 6-3

Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Kei Nishikori (Japan) bt Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

LONDON, June 8, 2008 (AFP) - Rafa Nadal will use the Queen's Club championship as the springboard to success at Wimbledon when the grass-court season begins on Monday.

Nadal's ability to bludgeon opponents into submission on every other surface has been honed to perfection, but success on the lush lawns of west London still eludes him.

LONDON, March 12, 2008 (AFP) - Rafael Nadal will return to Queen's Club as part of his preparations for Wimbledon, organisers of the warm-up event for tennis's only grasscourt Grand Slam announced Wednesday.