London, Halle and Birmingham Results

Amidst frightening bomb threats at the Queens tournament in London, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray both advanced to the quarterfinals. Mikhail Youzhny downed 3 seeded Gilles Simon in 3 sets, while Ivo Karlovic won easily. Mardy Fish, James Blake and Juan Carlos Ferrero all won. In Halle, Novak Djokovic defeated Florent Serra after dropping the 1st set. Jurgen Melzer won after Nicolas Kiefer retired fom injury. Kiefer had already lost the 1st set 6-1. Andreas Beck and Olivier Rochus both advanced. Maria Sharapova played stellar tennis in her route of Francesca Schiavone in Birmingham. Magdalena Rybarikova upset the 1st seed, Jie Zheng. Yanina Wickmayer and Na Li won, and Melinda Czink upset Alekzandra Wozniak.

London
Men's Singles- Round of 16

Andy Murray (1) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (16), 6-4, 6-4
Andy Roddick (2) def. Lleyton Hewitt (15), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
Mikhail Youzhny (14) def. Gilles Simon (3), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Steve Darcis def. Gael Monfils (4) (walkover)
James Blake (6) def. Sam Querrey, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Mardy Fish (8) def. Feliciano Lopez (10), 6-1, 6-4
Ivo Karlovic (9) def. Nicolas Mahut, 6-3, 6-4
Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Xavier Malisse, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)

Halle
Men's Singles- Round of 16

Novak Djokovic (2) def. Florent Serra, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
Jurgen Melzer (7) def. Nicolas Kiefer, 6-1, retired
Andreas Beck def. Lukas Lacko, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
Olivier Rochus def. Philipp Petzschner, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

Birmingham
Women's Singles- Round of 16

Magdalena Rybarikova (13) def. Zheng Jie (1), 7-6 (12-10), 6-4
Melinda Czink (16) def. Aleksandra Wozniak (3), 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 7-5
Li Na (4) def. Aravane Rezai (15), 7-5, 6-4
Sania Mirza def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (5), 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2
Maria Sharapova def. Francesca Schiavone (7), 6-1, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer def. Roberta Vinci (14), 6-1, 6-4
Stefanie Voegele def. Naomi Cavaday, 6-4, 6-2
Urszula Radwanska def. Julia Goerges, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3