Jack Draper suffers semi-final defeat at Queen’s Club Championship against Jiri Lehecka | Tennis News
Jack Draper failed to reach the final of the Queen’s Club championship after a frustrating defeat in three sets against Jiri Lehecka.
The British n ° 1 had already guaranteed the status of fourth seeded in Wimbledon because of his progress in the tournament, but he was denied a potential force test with Carlos Alcaraz after losing 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in Lehecka.
Alcaraz will face his Spanish colleague Roberto Bautista agut in order to make the final in Queens after his successful passage to the French Open.
A bad service game at the beginning, punctuated by two ASs and a double fault on Break Point, finally cost draper the first set.
He did not get sniffing on Lehecka’s service, with his 23 -year -old colleague regularly sending AS approaching 140 MPH.
In the second draper began to break through, a superb cross-country winner in Reversation helped lift his first breaking points.
Soon, Lehecka found himself three points of breakup at the start of the second set, frustrating draper who had four chances of breaking for an advance.
The second set continued to be a nervous matter with the two not to capitalize on their chances of breaking.
Draper reappeared with the song between his teeth, an ace sealing a catch to love before a winner on the line placed the match.
But he was broken by Lehecka in the last stages of the third, breaking an advertising hob with his racket of anger, and the Czech player closed the victory on his service.
Lehecka assured Great Britain’s expectation for a queen’s first winner since Andy Murray in 2016 continues, but in doing so, he sealed his place as the first Czech finalist since Ivan Lendl 35 years ago.
“It means a lot,” said Lehecka. “You don’t meet a player like Jack every day, it’s an incredible competitor.”
In the double, entirely British pairing Jacob Fearnley And Cameron NORRIE were beaten by Nikola Mektic in Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand 6-3 7-5.
However, there will be a British interest in the final, because the second semi-final presents the fourth seeds, the entirely British pairing of Julian Cash And Lloyd Glasspool Against the second seeded and the male double champion of Wimbledon, Henry Patten, Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara.
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Marketa Vondrousova has upset the world n ° 1 Aryna Sabalenka to reach his first final since he won the Wimbledon title in 2023
N ° 1 of the world of women Aryna Sabalenka was amazed by the former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova which concluded a dominant victory in straight sets.
The Czech Vondrousova checked the tempo from the start with a large portion on the grass as it won the 6-2, 6-4 victory in an hour and 20 minutes.
She broke the Belarusian twice in the first set while saving the two break points she faced to reach her first final since her Wimbledon victory in 2023, before leaning by injuries and seeing her classification fall.
“I have the impression that on the grass, you have to take risks, you know, and that was the point; I said to myself:” Okay, let’s try “,” said Vondrousova.
“The match would continue otherwise, so you have to go.
“I felt very well today, so yeah, I’m just very happy.
“I haven’t played for a long time, so I’m so happy to be back in good health and so grateful to play these matches.
“When I saw the field, I said to myself, okay, let’s try to win the first round, and now it happens, then thank you guys for support.”
Vondrousova will play the qualifier Wang Xinyu on Sunday’s final, after the Chinese player beat Russian Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 6-1 in an hour and 15 minutes to reach the first final of his career.
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