Congratulations to Andy Murray and Sabine Lisicki

Andy Murray has won the 2011 AEGON Championships, with Sabine Lisicki taking the 2011 AEGON Classic title.

Andy Murray wins the AEGON Championships

No.2 seed Andy Murray beat seed No.5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to become the 2011 AEGON Championships winner.

The final was pushed back to Monday after rain prevented play on Sunday, but it was a match worth waiting for as both players battled hard to win the coveted title in front of a capacity crowd.

Murray was the favourite going into the match, but Tsonga came out strongly and took the first set. Murray then won the second set in a tie-break, and then played some excellent tennis to take the third set 6-4. The final result was 3-6, 7-6, 6-4.

After the win, Murray commented: ‘It really means a lot to win. I thought today was a really good atmosphere and I have enjoyed the week. It's been one of the most fun weeks of my career - the last two matches in particular were very good.

‘It's always been great preparation for guys going into Wimbledon. If you do well here, it shows you're playing good tennis on the grass so I now need to keep that up.’

Doubles success for Bryan brothers at AEGON Championships

Congratulations to brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, the No.1 seeds, who beat the No.3 seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 6-7, 7-6, 10-6 to win the AEGON Championships doubles title.

Sabine Lisicki surprise winner of the AEGON Classic

German Sabine Lisicki is the AEGON Classic women’s champion after she overpowered No.4 seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-2 in the rain-delayed final. Unseeded Lisicki had already toppled the third seed Shuai Peng of China to reach the final in the midlands.

The 21-year-old, currently ranked 100th in the world, broke Hantuchova once in the opening set and then twice again to seal her second WTA Tour title. Lisicki has been granted a main draw Wimbledon wild card so she’ll now take a few days off before Wimbledon, where she’ll be hoping to continue her impressive form.

Doubles won by Govortsova and Kudryavtseva

Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva are the AEGON Classic doubles champions after beating the Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 1-6, 6-1, 10-5.

The Russian and Belarusian combination got off to a bad start but recovered well in the second set before dominating the final set match tie-break.

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