Gumy has worked with Argentines Guillermo Canas and Guillermo Coria, as well as Brazilian Kuerten.

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Kucera broke Canas early in the match and raced into a 4-0 lead before closing out the first set.

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Nieminen, the world number 29, secured his place with a 6-4 3-6 7-5 win over Argentine sixth seed Guillermo Canas.

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Argentina's Guillermo Canas, currently ranked 16th in the entry system, will make his first appearance on the Queen's Club grass.

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Canas fought back from a break down in the closely contested second set before Kucera again regained his composure to win.

BBC: Koubek books final spot

Kucera, who had lost to Canas in the semi-finals last year, breezed into the last four after a 6-1 7-5 win.

BBC: Koubek books final spot

Mathieu is joined in the next round by French compatriots Gilles Simon, the 10th seed, and Gael Monfils after their respective wins over Guillermo Canas of Argentina and Romanian Victor Hanescu.

CNN: Federer, Nadal and Djokovic cruise through

World number one Rafael Nadal will face Florent Serra in the second round after the Frenchman beat Guillermo Canas, and there were first-round wins for Radek Stepanek, Ivan Ljubicic, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Robin Soderling and Andy Roddick.

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