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Bueno back in London…<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Maria Esther Bueno with Karen Phillipps, a director of The Queen’s Club<\/p><\/div>\n

Maria Esther Bueno arrived in London a few weeks ago and has been preparing for The Championships at Wimbledon where she will be working, once again, for TV Globo \/ SporTV.<\/p>\n

Before it begins, however, she enjoyed a day in the President\u2019s Box as a guest of The Queen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great day and we were lucky that the temperatures had dropped from the 34.5 degrees we had on the Wednesday\u2026 that is very hot for London!\u201d she told her website.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was still a rather humid but not blazing hot so we were quite comfortable watching the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen\u2019s proved to be a big surprise for everyone, with the loss of top-seeded Andy Murray in his opening round match on the Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Andy Murray<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAndy followed a procession of seeds out of the tournament, including Milos Raonic and Stan Wawrinka,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the organisers were disappointed because they had an incredible line-up and then Rafa [Nadal] withdrew before the tournament began, and then this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end they had probably one of the best finals for years, with Feliciano Lopez beating Marin Cilic ina really thrilling three-set match, so it all worked out well in the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a popular win and amazing because Feliciano is 35 years old and was unseeded!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just shows how unpredictable tennis can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Queen’s Club champion Feliciano Lopez<\/p><\/div>\n

Former champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club after being advised to rest by his doctor.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old Spaniard, who won a record 10th French Open in Paris, said he had had a long clay court season.<\/p>\n

“My body needs to rest if I am going to be ready to play Wimbledon,” said World No 2 Nadal, Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010.<\/p>\n

Maria Esther was delighted that Rafa won his 10th Roland Garros title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is quite incredible that he could come back from injury, loss of confidence and everything, to win Paris for a tenth time, and he didn\u2019t even drop a set,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe lost only 35 games in the six rounds he played over the two weeks, which is just amazing on clay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they are going to put up a statue in his honour at Roland Garros. I hope they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Presenting the prizes<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Peter Risdon and Maria Esther Bueno<\/p><\/div>\n

Maria had another, quite contrasting commitment on Saturday presenting the prizes for the Club Tournament at Woodfield Grove Tennis Club in Streatham, south London.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually find myself doing this the week after Wimbledon after sitting in the Royal Box for the finals, which is always a bit of a contrast, but they have moved it to before The Championships this year – Probably a better way round!<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been an Honorary Member of the club for many years and often play there with the pros so I am very happy to help out with the presentation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year they had a surprise for the Chairman and the finals got interrupted so he could receive a special award.\u201d<\/p>\n