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Good Week/Bad Week

We pick out the winners and losers

Image: Justin Rose: Englishman stood tall in testing conditions at Merion

There has been plenty of action to keep us occupied in the world of sport over the last seven days.

Andy Murray
The British number one returned from injury to open his grasscourt campaign with victory at the AEGON Championships in London. Murray had missed the French Open with a back problem and a period of rest and recovery seems to have done the trick. He saw off Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals and Marin Cilic in the final to lift the title at Queen's for the third time. And the US Open champion now heads to Wimbledon - where he won the Olympic gold medal last year - in prime shape to end Britain's long wait for a men's singles champion, which stretches back to Fred Perry's triumph in 1936.

Bad Week

David Warner
Australia's Ashes preparations haven't gone too well recently and that trend continued this week thanks to the efforts of David Warner. The opening batsman was fined £7,000 and banned until the start of the Ashes after admitting throwing a punch at England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham pub. The incident, which the England and Wales Cricket Board said was "unprovoked", occurred in the early hours of the morning following England's win over Australia in the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston. Warner faced the press to apologise for his behaviour alongside his "disappointed" captain Michael Clarke.
England Under 21s
England's youngsters finished their European Under-21 Championship campaign without a win. A 1-0 defeat to host nation Israel in Jerusalem condemned them to bottom place in Group A following earlier defeats against Italy and Norway. Stuart Pearce's side mustered one goal in the process and, unusually, the manager refused to defend the performance of his players. Pearce himself appears set to pay the price for England's abject displays with his job.
Laura Robson
While Murray was winning at Queen's, Britain's women were struggling to make the transition to grass at the AEGON Classic in Birmingham. None more so than Laura Robson, who went out to Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets after enjoying a first-round bye. Since beating Petra Kvitova at the Australian Open in January, Robson has struggled for consistency and has now lost her opening match of a tournament eight times this season. The world number 37 has also switched coach with Miles Maclagan, who has worked with Murray in the past, brought in on a trial basis for the grasscourt season.
Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow arrived at the Catalunya MotoGP bidding to become the first Briton since Barry Sheene 31 years ago to notch three consecutive podium finishes. And the Tech3 Yamaha rider was running in fourth place early on before a crash on lap five ruined his chances. The Coventry-born racer remounted but was too far off the pace and soon retired from the race. Jorge Lorenzo produced a flawless ride to take victory and close the gap on his fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa in the title race.

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