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Den Bosch, Netherlands (Sports Network) - Four seeds, including No. 2 John Isner and No. 6 Marcos Baghdatis, went by way of the upset Monday at the $545,000 Topshelf Open, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.

Russian Evgeny Donskoy came from behind to douse the 6-foot-9 American Isner 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4, while Argentine Carlos Berlocq handled Cyprus' Baghdatis 6-2, 6-4 at Autotron Rosmalen.

More upsets occurred, as Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez topped seventh-seeded Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-4, 6-3 and Russian Andrey Kuznetsov dismissed eighth-seeded Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 on Day 2. continue>>

Can Federer defend at the Big W?

By Scott Riley, Tennis Editor

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - In the category of no rest for the weary, yet another Grand Slam event will swing into action next week when Wimbledon commences, with Roger Federer as the defending champion.

Federer wasn't the favorite there last year, but the men's-record 17-time major titlist managed to nail down a seventh Wimbledon championship in 10 years by overcoming sentimental British crowd favorite Andy Murray in four sets in the final on the famed Centre Court at the storied All England Club. continue>>