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Scotsman
28 minutes ago
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Friday at the Queen's Club Tennis Championship 2025: Prize money, order of play, TV schedule
Both Jacob Fearnley and Jack Draper are in action at Queen's today. | Getty Images It's quarter finals day at the Queen's Club Championships Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... One of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, the Queen's Club Championships can trace its history back to 1881 - when it was called the London Athletic Club Open Tournament and was held at Stamford Bridge. It moved to its current location in 1890 and was known as the London Grass Court Championships before taking the name of its venue in 1977. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In 1973 the women's event was discontinued, but returned this year, where qualifier Tatjana Maria beat four top 15 players to unexpectedly take the title. It's now the turn of the men to take to the court, with world number two Carlos Alcaraz and British number one Jack Draper in the draw - and both through to the quarter finals. And while Andy Murray, who won a record five singles titles between 2009 and 2016, is no longer playing, there is some Scottish interest, with Dalkeith-born Jacob Fearnley also playing his quarter final today (Friday). Here's everything you need to know about today's action. How much does the winner of the Queen's Club Championship get? There is a total prize pot of €2,522,220 for the 2025 championship, allocated as follows: Men's Singles Winner: €471,755 Finalist: €253,790 Semi-finalist: €135,255 Quarter-finalist: €69,100 Round of 16: €36,885 Round of 32: €19,670 Doubles (per team) Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Winner: €154,930 Finalist: €82,620 Semi-finalist: €41,800 Quarter-finalist: €20,910 Round of 16: €10,820 Who is playing today at Queen's , Friday, June 20? The third day of competition will see the start of the men's singles second round, plus men's doubles action. Here's who will be on court. Andy Murray Arena - play starts at 12noon Jiri Lehecka (CZE) v Jacob Fearnley (GBR) Brandon Nakashima (USA) v Jack Draper (GBR) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) Holger Rune (DEN) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Court 1 - play starts at 1pm Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Sander Gille (BEL) v Julian Cash (GBR) / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) David Stevenson (GBR) / Marcus Willis (GBR) v Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR) When is Jacob Fearnley's Queen's Championship quarter final? Jacob Fearnley takes on Jiri Lehecka today - first on the Andy Murray Arena. His game will start at 12noon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad When is Jack Draper's Queen's Championship quarter final? Jack Draper takes on Brandon Nakashima second on the Andy Murray Arena. It's expected to start at around 1.30pm but it will depend on how long Jacob Fearnley's match takes. Who are the seeds at the 2025 Queen's Club Championship? The eight seeds, who will be kept apart until the quarter finals, are as follows: Carlos Alcaraz Jack Draper Taylor Fritz Holger Rune Alex de Minaur Ben Shelton Frances Tiafoe Jakub Menšík Can I watch the 2025 Queen's Club Championships on television? All the action from the grass courts will be broadcast on the BBC, including BBC Two, BBC One, the BBC Sport website and the iPlayer. Here's when you can catch all the action: Friday 20 June - 1pm: BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website/app Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Saturday 21 June - 12pm: BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website/app, 1pm: Watch Queen's Tennis semi-finals on BBC Two Sunday 22 June - 12pm: BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website/app. 2.05pm: Watch Queen's Tennis final on BBC One Who is favourite to win the Queen's Championship? Carlos Alcaraz is understandably a hot 8/11 favourite for the title, followed by Britain's Jack Draper (21/10), Holger Rune (9/1) and Jiri Lehecka (10/1). Jacob Fearnley is a longshot at 33/1.
Telegraph
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Tennis player calls umpire a ‘f---ing t---' at Queen's
French tennis maverick Corentin Moutet shocked the well-heeled fans at Queen's Club with a furious meltdown as he lost his second-round match against Britain's Jacob Fearnley. Moutet appeared to swear at chair umpire Adel Nour as part of an extended rant towards the end of his 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 defeat. The world No 89 is renowned for being one of the spicier characters on the circuit, as well as a creative genius with a wide range of drop shots and ingenious tricks at his disposal. He was unhappy with Nour during the final changeover of the match. He had just been docked a first serve for a second time violation, which followed an earlier warning for ball abuse when he smacked a ball clean out of the stadium. Marching up to the chair at 2-5 in the deciding set, Moutet told Nour: 'Saying time violations, it is your only job. I am talking to you because I have three balls in my hand. Then you give me a time violation and you say, 'Don't talk to me'. What is wrong with you? With your Rolex.' He then appeared to call the umpire a f---ing t---, half under his breath, before returning to his seat and carrying on with: 'I am running every day for three hours and you are telling me what I have to do. It's crazy. This guy's crazy! Killing me every day.' When it comes to run-ins with players and officials, Moutet is a repeat offender. He was defaulted from a match in Adelaide in 2022 for saying 'f--- you' to an umpire, and lost his funding from the French Tennis Federation after another incident in the same season in which he and his opponent Adrian Andreev started pushing each other on the court. @ 🎥 Twitter/Imad__26 🎾 Corentin Moutet and Adrian Andreev almost had a fight. #tennis #tennislegend #tennistiktok #tennisvideo #tennisplayer #tennisfun #tennislife #tennismatch #tennistournament #tennisfans #corentinmoutet #moutet ♬ Then, in Arizona in March, the chair umpire had to separate Moutet from another opponent – this time Alexander Bublik – after they argued about whether Moutet was ready to receive serve or not. In the middle of that imbroglio, Bublik asked: 'You want to fight?' @justballtennis What happened here? Things getting really spicy between Bublik and Moutet! 👀 ( 📷: @gabrielbuck_art) #tennis #tennisplayers #tennispro #bublik #moutet #angrytennis #fight #tennismatch #rivalry #tennisfans ♬ original sound - JustBall Tennis The BBC, which is running live coverage of Queen's, did not feel the need to apologise for Moutet's swear words on Thursday, perhaps because it was not projected with quite the same volume as the rest of his outburst. Neither did Moutet receive a fine from tournament officials. But commentators John Lloyd and Sam Smith could not help chuckling over Moutet's behaviour. 'The longer Corentin stays out here the more trouble he can get himself into,' Smith said, after the rant. 'He's lost it,' chimed Lloyd. ''This guy's crazy?' Look in the mirror.' Fearnley showed great composure amid the chaos to close out his win, which earned him his first trip to an ATP quarter-final. 'I never thought I would be in these moments,' said a delighted Fearnley. 'I still can't quite believe it.' With regard to Moutet's tantrum, Fearnley added: 'I played Corentin before, and yeah, I kind of know that's what he's going to do. He's going to get angry. He's going to talk to the ref. So when he was doing it, it wasn't really a surprise.' Alcaraz wins longest match in 34 years Moutet was not the only player at Queen's who fell foul of an umpire's timekeeping. Around halfway through his three-set win over Jaume Munar, world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz received a time violation and replied that he had not had enough opportunity to dry his hands on his towel between points. The contest between Munar and Alcaraz became out the longest match to be played at Queen's in 34 years. Their struggle lasted 3hr 23min before Alcaraz floated a delicious backhand lob over the net-rushing Munar to seal his 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 victory. Really, Alcaraz should have been back in the locker room an hour earlier. He held match point on his own serve at 6-4 in the second-set tie-break, only to double-fault and invite the persevering Munar back into the contest. But then, this is exactly the sort of outing that Alcaraz often seems to struggle with. While nobody could compare the plush lawns of Queen's Club to the proverbial wet Wednesday night at Stoke – especially in light of the baking sun – there was a sense of a foregone conclusion about the match-up. Munar arrived with a grass-court win ratio of just 27 per cent. Afterwards, Alcaraz alluded to the lengthy, baseline-dominated nature of the rallies as he took a pen and decorated the camera lens with the words '3hr 30: were we on clay?'
Edinburgh Reporter
13 hours ago
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- Edinburgh Reporter
Jacob Fearnley into first big tournament quarter final
Edinburgh tennis player Jacob Fearnley reached his first ATP 500 quarter final when he powered away in the deciding set to defeat Corentin Moutet of France 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on a packed Queen's Club Andy Murray Arena. After a dramatic slump in the middle set which included three double faults in a single game Fearnley began hitting with more power and dictating rallies against an opponent who had defeated world no 4 Taylor Fritz in the previous round after coming through qualifying. Whatever Fearnley said to himself during a five minute bathroom break certainly worked. The contrast in approach suddenly became striking as Fearnley, watched by mum Samantha and girlfriend, Keegan, came out swinging, hitting lines and attacking the net. Ex-Colinton junior and Merchiston Castle School tennis alumni Fearnley now plays Czech Jiri Lehecka, world no 30 who, in January this year defeated man of the moment Carlos Alcaraz in Doha. Lehecka can only be a more straight forward opponent than Moutet who proved volatile in the extreme, picking up two time violations and arguing repeatedly with the umpire. On having his serve broken at the start of the third set the Frenchman reacted by firing a ball hire into the grandstands. To a less focused player than Fearnley it could have been a major distraction especially occurring right at the end of the third set. But the Scot held his concentration and won huge acclaim for not only his rampant forehand but a series of backhand winners as Moutet even resorted to an underhand serve to break up the rhythm of the contest. Interviewed on court afterwards, Jacob said: 'I tried to stick to my game plan and be aggressive. I did that better in the third set and the result speaks for itself. 'It's really special to have everyone here and watch me play on this stage.' By reaching the quarter finals Jacob is guaranteed 69,500 euros and 100 ranking points which should push him back into the world's top 50. Jacob Fearnley is into his first ATP 500 quarter final at Queen's Club. Like this: Like Related
Yahoo
15 hours ago
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- Yahoo
The Jacob Fearnley train continues at speed as British No 2 seals career-first at Queen's
Jacob Fearnley is through to his first ATP quarter-final at Queen's (Getty) Be honest. A year ago, had you heard of current British No 2 Jacob Fearnley? The 23-year-old from Edinburgh, a product of Texas Christian University's impressive tennis programme, travelled back to Britain for the grass court season last June ranked a lowly 525 in the world. Even he would not have forecast the 12 months ahead. In fact, his big break – a seven-match surge to victory at the challenger-level Nottingham Trophy – almost didn't even get going. He only made the qualifying draw as an alternate and won his first match narrowly in a final-set tie-break. But Fearnley has not rested on his laurels, capitalising on his big break at some speed. Advertisement And the Fearnley train continued at pace at Queen's Club on Thursday with another new milestone: a first ATP tour quarter-final. Dressed in all-black – a curious choice you might say, given the 32C sunshine in west London – the Scot rallied and kept his head above the wizardry, tomfoolery and profanity of Corentin Moutet to seal a last-eight berth in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. 'I'm very happy to be in my first quarter-final and it's even better to do it here in London,' he said, on-court, afterwards. 'I've dreamed of those moments, to be standing here on this amazing court in front of these amazing fans. It's really special.' Beyond his Nottingham success last June – which in effect secured him a Wimbledon wild card and a Grand Slam debut – Fearnley first entered the public consciousness when he took on Novak Djokovic in the second round on Centre Court. A dream occasion, a mere six weeks after his US college finale, Fearnley did not look overawed and stretched the 24-time major winner to four sets. From there, Fearnley's stratospheric rise through the rankings continued. He won three challenger titles on the spin – 15 matches in a row – to leap into the top-100 by the end of 2024. This year, he reached the third round at both the Australian Open and French Open and made his Davis Cup debut in Japan, defeating Grand Slam finalist Kei Nishikori. Advertisement He has taken everything in his stride with an understated, steely demeanour. While this persona might not seem too indifferent to Scotland's most famous tennis son, his composed existence on the court is in contrast to Andy Murray's regular outbursts of emotion. Beyond his heavy-hitting, quick-moving, all-court game, Fearnley's greatest strength appears to be his self-control. A quality of staying tranquil, when the pressure is sky-high. All the more so when Thursday's second round clash against Moutet – the unorthodox, short-tempered Frenchman – presented a golden opportunity to reach a first quarter-final, in his 12th tour-level tournament. While the left-handed Moutet did knock out world No 4 Taylor Fritz in the opening round, Fearnley could sniff the opportunity and started out like a man on a mission. The British No 2 kept his composure to prevail in three sets (Getty Images for LTA) A quick break ahead straight away, the 23-year-old's solidity off both wings matched up well to Moutet's slice-heavy, variety-enthused array of enthralling shot-making. When the Frenchman is on fire, it's captivating. When he's not, he's quick to lose his cool. Advertisement Fearnley took the opener comfortably, but three double faults in his opening service game of the second gifted an opening to Moutet, who did not pass up the invitation. Increasingly, the Briton was getting sucked in to quickfire net exchanges, in contrast to the more comfortable routine of baseline rallies. Fearnley was always playing catch-up and, decisively, Moutet broke again to clinch the set. A reset was palpably needed for the decider. After a toilet break, Fearnley quickly rediscovered his accuracy on attack, sealing a key early break with a pinpoint backhand pass down the line. Moutet promptly whacked a ball out of the Andy Murray Arena and received a ball abuse warning for his troubles. Corentin Moutet lost his cool towards the end of the match (Getty Images) Fearnley takes the acclaim of the crowd at Queen's (Getty Images for LTA) The Frenchman was running out of composure and options, throwing in an underarm serve in the midst of a double break claimed by Fearnley, with an exquisite backhand volley on the stretch having slipped at the net. Advertisement By the end, Moutet seemed to have tapped out. 'I want to go home,' he said, before getting embroiled in a heated row with Egyptian umpire Adel Nour, who had already given the maverick Moutet two time violations. Ignoring the late-match commotion, which included a vociferous spectator, Fearnley served out the match to love. Moutet threw his racket to his bench, a defeated man post-meltdown. Fascinatingly, Fearnley plays his quarter-final opponent – world No 30 Jiri Lehecka – in doubles alongside Cameron Norrie later today. A unique first look, therefore, at what it will take to set-up a likely semi-final with compatriot and hitting partner Jack Draper in Saturday's semi-finals. Meanwhile, top seed Carlos Alcaraz was far from his peerless best but eventually prevailed in an intoxicating tussle against Spanish compatriot Jaume Munar, 6-4, 6-7(7) 7-5 over three hours and 23 minutes, the longest main-draw match at Queen's since 1991. Advertisement Alcaraz squandered two match points in the second-set tie-break – one with a double fault – while Munar converted on his eighth set point in a second set lasting an astonishing 102 minutes. But the world No 2 is the sport's hottest property for a reason and he showed his powers of recovery once again in the third. A break of serve down, he stormed back into contention and, nearly an hour after his first match point, sealed his 15th win in a row and a spot in the quarter-finals with a beautiful backhand lob.
The Independent
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The Independent
British tennis player reaches Queens quarter-final in career first
British No 2 Jacob Fearnley reached his first ATP tour quarter-final at Queen's Club. Fearnley, who was ranked outside the top 500 just over a year ago, defeated Corentin Moutet in three sets (6-3, 2-6, 6-2). His rapid rise includes winning the Nottingham Trophy and taking Novak Djokovic to four sets at Wimbledon. Fearnley continued his impressive form by winning three consecutive challenger titles, entering the top 100 by the end of 2024. He is scheduled to play world No 30 Jiri Lehecka in the quarter-finals.
