As the countdown to the Wimbledon grass court major tennis tournament in London winds up, there have been three upsets and only one result going to seed in two lead-up tournaments.
The eighth seed Michael Llodra of France has won the Eastbourne International, beating fifth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-5 6-2 in the final.
Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova claimed the first title of her career with a 7-6 6-4 win over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the Eastbourne women's final.
At the Netherlands Open the unseeded Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky thrashed the seventh-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-3 6-0 in the men's final, while top seeded Belgian Justine Henin beat seventh-seeded German Andrea Petkovic 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the women's final.
Wimbledon starts overnight Monday-Tuesday.
