Elsewhere, in the German tournament at Halle, Nick Kyrgios, a semi-finalist last year, will be hoping for a dramatic improvement in his comeback following his hobbling, first-round exit to a grass-court novice in Stuttgart.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/tennis/aussie-battler-thompson-misses-out-on-maiden-atp-title-c-11019861

Jodie Burrage has the British number one ranking and a top-100 place in her sights as she looks to write a positive narrative this grass-court season.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2023/06/07/id-love-to-be-british-number-one--jodie-burrage/

She skipped the grass-court season, received a cortisone injection and a platelet-rich plasma injection in her foot but lost in the first round at the Tokyo Olympics and returned to the U.S. to try to get ready for the 2021 U.S. Open.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/sports/tennis/jennifer-brady-citi-open.html

The seventh-ranked Rublev is set to return to Wimbledon next month after missing last year’s edition of the grass-court Grand Slam event when Russian and Belarusian players were barred following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/sports-news/2023/06/alexander-bublik-stuns-andrey-rublev-to-win-halle-open/