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Business Insider
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
How to watch Queen's Club Championship: Live stream HSBC tennis free from anywhere
The road to Wimbledon continues in the traditional way, as a selection of the world's best players head to London's historic Queen's Club to test their skills on the grass. The men's singles tournament has now reached the quarter-final stage, and we're explaining how to watch the Queen's Club Championship as the last eight vie to reach Sunday's final. With previous champions including Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and — with a record five titles — Sir Andy Murray, Queen's is the traditional but competitive appetizer for the two weeks at SW19. Carlos Alcaraz is seeded No. 1 and came into the tournament fresh off his French Open victory as the favorite to win his second title here, with hometown hero Jack Draper the man most likely to please UK tennis fans. You can see a full rundown of Friday's quarter-final matchups at the bottom of this article. While Alcaraz and Draper remain likely to clash in Sunday's final, plenty of other seeds have already perished. That includes first-round defeats for American trio Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, and Frances Tiafoe. And after 37-year-old Tatjana Maria shocked pundits with her win in the women's draw last week to become the first female Queen's champion in 52 years, it shows that anything can happen on these capricious grass courts. With Wimbledon starting on June 30, this is a chance to find out who is taking the best grass court form into 2025's third major. Keep reading to discover how to watch Queen's Club Championship live streams. It includes information on how to catch every moment free of charge, and why a VPN is an essential tool if you're outside the UK this week. How to watch the Queen's Club Championship in the UK The BBC's sport website, app, and BBC iPlayer streaming platform will show all the biggest and best live action from Queen's. So if you're in the UK and have a TV licence, you'll be able to watch men's singles matches live and on demand — all absolutely free! Want to watch the Queen's Club Championship on TV? Friday's quarter-finals and Saturday's semi-finals will be shown on BBC Two, while the final itself will go out on the broadcaster's flagship BBC One from 2 p.m. BST on Sunday afternoon. iPlayer will also host extensive Wimbledon coverage. How to watch the Queen's Club Championship from anywhere If you try to watch the free Queen's Club Championship live streams when outside the UK, you'll soon discover that you're blocked from doing so. Global geographical restrictions mean that the iPlayer won't function abroad — unless, that is, you download a VPN or virtual private network. VPNs like the market-leading ExpressVPN are cybersecurity tools that also let you change your IP address so that it looks like your laptop, smartphone, or other streaming device is in the UK. That way, you'll be able to stream the tennis via the iPlayer as normal. They're must-have tools for people hoping to increase their online security and access their usual websites while traveling overseas. As per our ExpressVPN review, the software absolutely aced our testing. Plus, you can try it risk-free thanks to Express's no-quibble 30-day money-back guarantee. How to watch the Queen's Club Championship with a VPN Sign up for a VPN if you don't already have one. Install it on the device you're using to watch. Turn it on and set it to the location of your streaming service. Navigate to your streaming service, such as BBC iPlayer, and create an account if you don't already have one. Enjoy the tournament. Use a VPN to watch these events & shows free: All the items below have a free streaming option that can be unlocked from anywhere with a VPN. Set it to the corresponding country, and you're all set. MotoGP - various Love Island USA - various Love Island UK - various Wimbledon - UK The Traitors - various Walking Dead: Dead City - New Zealand Poker Face - New Zealand The Handmaid's Tale - Australia How to watch the Queen's Club Championship in the US This ATP Tour 500 tournament is being streamed on the Tennis Channel in the US, which is featured in many cable packages. To watch Queen's online, you can get access to this and other of the tennis calendar's biggest tournaments thanks to the dedicated Tennis Channel platform ($10 a month or $110 a year) or an OTT streaming service, like Sling TV, DirecTV, or Fubo. Sling TV is among the most affordable options for cord-cutters. To watch the Tennis Channel through the provider, you first need to subscribe to your choice of either its standard Sling Orange or Blue plans. Each costs $46 a month, with your first month half price, and has an individual selection of channels included (see our dedicated guide to Sling Orange vs. Blue to help you choose according to your channel preferences). From there, you then need to get Sling's Sports Extra add-on for an additional $11 a month to get the Tennis Channel. DirecTV is a more comprehensive cord-cutting option, with the Tennis Channel appearing among channel lineups of its Choice, Ultimate, and Premier tiers. These cost $90/month, $120/month, and $165/month, respectively (before standard taxes and fees are added), and all include more than 125 channels. All plans come with a seven-day free trial. Fubo is one of the most comprehensive OTT streamers out there and includes the Tennis Channel on its 295+ channel Elite plan. It costs $95/month (before regional sports fees), but you can save $20 on your first month and, for new users of Fubo, there's a five-day free trial that lets you try before you buy. Note: The use of VPNs is illegal in certain countries and using VPNs to access region-locked streaming content might constitute a breach of the terms of use for certain services. Business Insider does not endorse or condone the illegal use of VPNs.
Forbes
5 days ago
- Sport
- Forbes
The Best Men's Queen's Club Finals From Becker to Murray
After qualifier Tatjana Maria won the first WTA Queen's Club tournament for 52 years on Sunday, the ATP 500 event in West Kensington, London returns from June 16. The venue's Centre Court is named after Andy Murray, one of many Grand Slam champions who have won the men's Queen's Club title over the years. There's a $538,000 prize for the 2025 champion. John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Ivan Lendl, Lleyton Hewitt and Pete Sampras are just some of the other legendary champions of this prestigious pre-Wimbledon grass court event. Here are five of the best ever finals. Boris Becker had already won two Wimbledons and a Queen's Club title by the time he entered the West London event in 1987. The German was a big favorite against a 34-year-old Jimmy Connors. 'The Brash Basher of Belleville' was without a tournament win for over two years. However, Connors had other ideas and returned the 19-year-old's serve superbly, taking the first set tiebreak and then having chances to go a double break up in the second before losing 7-6, 3-6, 4-6. 'For one-and-a-half sets today, I could not get my timing. Jimmy was running around better than I was, even though he could almost be my father,' said the German. Connors took out his frustration a fortnight later against Mikael Pernfors in a match for the ages at Wimbledon, coming back from 1-6, 1-6, 1-4 to win in five. Becker showed more vulnerabilities on serve, losing to Australian Peter Doohan in the second round as his efforts to win a third consecutive SW19 title ended. Home favorite Tim Henman threatened to win Queen's in the late 1990s. His nemesis, Pete Sampras, stood in the way. Henman was an old-fashioned grass court expert who bore the pre-Murray pressure of trying to win Wimbledon with a British stiff upper lip. He outlasted 'Pistol Pete' in a first set tiebreak to raise the crowd volume but lost the second 6-4. Sampras was without a tournament victory in 1999 and Henman had three break points at 2-1 in the final set to expose that weakness. He missed them and the second seed prevailed to claim a second Queen's Championshi . This injected new life into Sampras who went on a 24-match winning streak, a run that included his sixth Wimbledon title in seven years. He beat Henman in the semifinals on Independence Day. Andy Murray won five Queen's Club Championships from 2009 to 2016, the year he finally became world No. 1. The Scot was denied the normal weekend trophy lift after Sunday's play was washed out. In the spirit of the 2001 Wimbledon final between Goran Ivanisevic and Pat Rafter, a capacity Monday crowd came to fill the seats with 1,000 watching on a big screen outside too. The Frenchman had disposed of Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and took the first set 6-3, diving around like a 1980s Boris Becker. Murray fought back by winning the next on the tiebreak. The two finalists tussled in a tight third and Murray got his way when he finally broke the Frenchman's serve. He even had time for a tweener at the net at 5-3 up. "This has been one of the most fun weeks I've had on the tour. I've loved it,' said the British No. 1 afterwards. Murray showed his Slam credentials by making it to the Wimbledon semifinals the following month. Two years later, he lifted the Wimbledon crown. One big name missing from the roll call of Queen's Club winners is Novak Djokovic. The Serb hadn't played at the event for eight years when he accepted a wild card invite in 2018 to try and get some confidence going before Wimbledon. Number one seed Marin Cilic, who Roger Federer beat in the Australian Open final that year, was waiting. Djokovic's form was in a funk coming into the tournament and he left rather despondent after a titanic match which was a shade under three hours. Djokovic appeared on course after claiming the first set 7-5 and then going 4-1 up in the second set tiebreak. Everything unravelled thereafter as the 12-time major champion became indecisive, opening the door for Cilic to power through and claim the third 6-3. This was the Croat's second Queen's Club title, one that he had to work much harder for than the 2012 edition when opponent David Nalbandian was disqualified for inadvertently injuring a linesman. Feliciano Lopez was a regular at Queen's Club and had been desperately close to winning the trophy after having a match point against Grigor Dimitrov in 2014. The 35-year-old Spaniard was playing Marin Cilic who would go all the way to the final at Wimbledon a month later. Lopez had fully deserved his spot in the final after beating Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych and Dimitrov in the previous rounds. Despite losing a tight first set 6-4, Lopez strode away with a second set tiebreak. Both men were playing tennis of such high quality that they were broken only once all week. The deciding set was destined to be another shootout and it was an epic as Lopez edged it 10-8. He became the oldest winner of the Queen's Club Championship in the professional era. Lopez broke that record himself when he secured a second title two years later at the age of 37. He also won the doubles alongside Murray which started barely half an hour after his singles win. The Queen's Club Championships is one of the best ATP 500 events out there and gets the juices flowing for the only major still on grass. Carlos Alcaraz won Queen's in 2023 and then followed it up with his maiden Wimbledon crown. Can the Spaniard repeat the double and make it six out of six majors?
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Novak Djokovic becomes third man ever to win 100 ATP titles with victory over Hubert Hurkacz
Novak Djokovic became just the third man in the Open era to win 100 ATP singles titles on Saturday, defeating Hubert Hurkacz 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2) in the final of the Geneva Open. The 24-time grand slam winner joins Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer as the only men to have achieved the feat. Advertisement 'I want to thank my wife and my kids for coming for three days only on the school break, cutting the school for one day, just to be with me,' Djokovic said in his on court interview. 'My team, the only thing I can say is thank you for being with me in the good times but also in the bad times. Today was very challenging to stay with me on the court because I was going off at you quite a lot … so I want to thank you for staying here and earning with me this victory number 100.' Since claiming his 99th title when he won the gold medal in the men's singles at the 2024 Olympics in Paris eight months ago, Djokovic has endured a difficult run of form. He has particularly struggled on clay, recently exiting the Monte-Carlo Masters and Madrid Open in his first match of each tournament. Djokovic became just the third man ever to win 100 ATP titles. - Valentin Flauraud/AFP/Getty Images And for much of Saturday's match, it seemed as if the milestone would elude the Serb once again. Advertisement At 2-2 in the first set, he was unable to capitalize on two break points and that came back to haunt him when Hurkacz took the set thanks to a double fault from Djokovic in the 12th game. But as the match progressed, Djokovic – who turned 38 on Thursday – showed the kind of resolute determination which appeared to have deserted him of late, breaking Hurkacz four times in a tiebreak after each player had held serve throughout the second set. Having been broken by Hurkacz in the first game of the third set, it looked for a long time as though the win was slipping away from Djokovic again. But his quality came to the fore again, and he broke back to make it 4-4 before winning another tiebreak. 'I know it's a bitter taste in the mouth to lose the match like this,' Djokovic told Hurkacz in his on-court interview afterward. 'I think that you were definitely for most of the match, the better player.' Advertisement The victory means that, remarkably, the Serbian's 100th title comes against a player coached by Nicolas Massú, the Chilean former world No. 9 whom Djokovic beat to win his very first ATP title in 2006. Djokovic will now turn his attention to the French Open, where he will be aiming to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam. He faces American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round, which begins on Sunday. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at
Malay Mail
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Novak Djokovic becomes third man to win 100 ATP titles with Geneva victory
GENEVA, May 25 — Novak Djokovic became just the third man to win 100 ATP titles with a typically dramatic comeback victory over Hubert Hurkacz in the final of the Geneva Open on Saturday. The 38-year-old, playing in Switzerland in a bid to find form ahead of the French Open, recovered from losing the first set to clinch a 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2) win after three hours and five minutes on court. Djokovic joins Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer as the only players with a century of tour titles. 'I had to work for it, that's for sure. He was probably closer to the victory the entire match than me,' said Djokovic, who is the first man to win titles in 20 consecutive years. 'I was just trying to hang in there... this is what happens at this level. A few points decide it, an incredible match... and I'm delighted to clinch the 100 here.' It was the former world number one's first tournament triumph since clinching his maiden Olympic gold medal against Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris Games last summer. Djokovic had lost both of his previous matches on clay this season prior to the Geneva tournament, against Alejandro Tabilo and Matteo Arnaldi at the Monte Carlo and Madrid Masters respectively. But he decided to play at the low-key clay-court event in a bid to find form ahead of the start of the year's second Grand Slam event on Sunday at Roland Garros, where the Serb will be targeting a record-breaking 25th major singles trophy. It was Djokovic's first tournament since splitting from coach and old rival Andy Murray, but he showed no ill-effects. Poland's former world number six Hurkacz, now ranked 31st, is still waiting for his first title since April 2024. 'It's really inspiring how you conduct yourself on and off the court,' Hurkacz said to Djokovic. The three-time Roland Garros champion starts his French Open campaign against American Mackenzie McDonald on either Monday or Tuesday. Hurkacz's strong start After a tight start, Djokovic saw two break points come and go in the fifth game as Hurkacz battled to keep the first set on serve. The opener appeared to be meandering towards a tie-break until Djokovic cracked in game 12, following a loose forehand at deuce with a double-fault on set point to give Hurkacz a one-set advantage. Hurkacz dug deep to secure a hard-fought hold to kick off the second set, staving off another break point. The second set followed a similar pattern to the first, but this time Djokovic was able to hold at 6-5 down to force a tie-break with an ace. The Serb found his groove in the breaker, reeling off four straight points to send the match into a deciding set. But Djokovic immediately gave up his serve in the first game of the third set, serving a double-fault when 40-30 up and then blasting a backhand long on break point. Hurkacz then reeled off three successive holds to love to edge towards the title, only to crumble in the eighth game of the decider with two unforced errors and a double-fault to gift Djokovic a way back into the final. The Pole gathered himself to secure a deciding tie-break in a tense 12th game. But he crumbled at the crucial moments with back-to-back errors from 3-2 behind in the breaker, leaving Djokovic to reach yet another milestone in his illustrious career with an ace. — AFP
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
From winning iPods to Grand Slams - Djokovic's 100 titles
Novak Djokovic continues to reach landmarks most players could only dream about. On Saturday, the 38-year-old Serb claimed the 100th title of his stellar career after beating Poland's Hubert Hurkacz to win the Geneva Open. Djokovic is only the third man - after Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) - to clock up the century in the Open era. To mark his achievement, BBC Sport delves deeper into the stories and numbers behind Djokovic's ton of trophies. Djokovic makes more history with 100th singles title Post-Nadal era begins at French Open - men's preview In July 2006, there was little fanfare - outside of his native Serbia, at least - when a 19-year-old Djokovic landed his first ATP title. A clay-court event in the Dutch city of Amersfoort was an understated setting for what became a launchpad towards greatness. Djokovic, who was ranked 36th in the world at the time, overcame reigning Olympic champion Nicolas Massu in the final, with the Chilean noting the "spectacular potential" of his teenage opponent. The new champion celebrated with a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a silver-plated iPod in the other. The events quickly got bigger - as did the prizes. In April 2007, Djokovic won his first ATP Masters title by beating Argentina's Guillermo Canas in Miami and landed his first major with victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the 2008 Australian Open final. While he did not win another major for three years, the steady stream of titles continued. Then came 2011 - a season where Djokovic, backed by a more potent serve and greater endurance, took his game to greater heights. Fuelled by a new gluten-free diet which he credits for transforming his career, he won his first 40 matches of the year and collected seven titles as a result. The most successful year of his career ended with 10 trophies, including three of the four majors. Djokovic makes more history with 100th singles title Post-Nadal era begins at French Open - men's preview French Open - schedule, draw and how to follow For years, debate raged over who was the greatest men's player of all time. Djokovic has all but ended the argument - if it is based solely on numbers, at least - by moving clear of his rivals in the key metrics. No man has won as many Grand Slam titles as Djokovic (24) Nobody has earned as many Grand Slam singles wins (382) Nobody has won as many ATP Masters titles (40) Nobody has spent as many weeks at the top of the ATP rankings (428) Djokovic is the only player to have won all nine Masters events - earning him what is known as a career Golden Masters. In fact, he has achieved that feat twice. One piece of the jigsaw had been missing, which is why title number 99 was so special. Winning Olympic gold, though, eluded Djokovic at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. There had been tears and tantrums as the mental energy spent poured out during his defeats. At Paris 2024 he also sobbed on the court - this time because he finally landed the title he craved. Djokovic is one of only five singles players to achieve the career 'Golden Slam'. "Being on that court with the Serbian flag raising, singing the anthem, with the gold around my neck, I think nothing can beat that in terms of professional sport," he said. Home is where the heart is for a proud Serb like Djokovic. There is one place, though, which he has regularly described as his "second home": Melbourne. Or, more specifically, Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic has won the Australian Open there on a record 10 occasions, making it the most successful tournament of his career. The events which he has won the most are: Australian Open (10) Wimbledon, Paris Masters, ATP Finals (7) Miami, Rome, Dubai, Beijing (6) Djokovic's all-court prowess is reflected by the fact there are events played on three different surfaces in this list - Wimbledon grass, Rome clay and hard courts everywhere else. Hard courts are where he has enjoyed the most success, helped by the majority of the ATP season being played on it. When Djokovic lost to Federer in his first Grand Slam final at the 2007 US Open final, the Swiss superstar predicted they would have "many more battles". Ultimately, they went on to build an engrossing rivalry - with Djokovic going on to win 13 titles by beating Federer in trophy matches. He also won the 2014 ATP Finals after the Swiss withdrew before the final with a back injury. However, it is Rafael Nadal who Djokovic has beaten more times in finals than anybody else. The 'Big Three', as they became known, were the dominant players of the late 2000s and 2010s, with only Andy Murray breaking their 16-year stranglehold on the world number one ranking between 2004 and 2020. It is unsurprising that Nadal, Federer and Murray account for 40 of the men beaten by Djokovic in his 100 triumphant finals. The Serb has faced 37 other opponents across the remaining 60 matches. Argentine Canas, born in 1977 and turning 48 later this year, is the oldest player he has beaten. Carlos Alcaraz - a 22-year-old who is nearer in age to Djokovic's 10-year-old son Stefan - is the youngest. Massu, beaten by Djokovic at the very start in Amersfoort, was also present for the Serb's landmark success, with the 45-year-old Chilean now coaching Hurkacz. Clinching the century is the clear highlight of a difficult 2025 season. A hamstring injury in the semi-final curbed his Australian Open ambitions before a struggle for form led to the end of his coaching partnership with Briton Murray. In Geneva, he insisted the motivation is "still there". Standing alone with 25 Grand Slam titles, taking sole ownership of the record he holds jointly with Australia's Margaret Court, is the biggest target left for Djokovic. Overtaking Federer and Connors in terms of ATP titles might be another ambition. "I think I've achieved all of my biggest goals in career," Djokovic said at the Australian Open in January. "Right now it's really about Slams and seeing how far I can push the bar for myself. "I think I can go toe-to-toe with the big guys. As long as that's the case, I guess I'll still feel the need to keep on competing." Live scores, results and order of play Get tennis news sent straight to your phone
