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Express Tribune
7 hours ago
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- Express Tribune
Draper survives scare to reach Queen's quarters
Jack Draper hits a shot as he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in three sets during his semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Well Tennis Garden. PHOTO: JAYNE KAMINE-ONCEA-IMAGN British number one Jack Draper survived a scare to reach the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a gritty 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) win over Australia's Alexei Popyrin on Wednesday. Draper was rocked by the world number 21 in the first set of the second round tie at the Wimbledon warm-up event. But the 23-year-old hit back to level the match before taking the final set tie-break to complete his comeback in a tense encounter lasting two hours and 13 minutes in searing heat in west London. "It was a tough match, credit to Alexei, he played some amazing tennis," Draper said. "In the first couple of sets it wasn't pretty at all, I need time to adjust to the grass but it's one more under the belt. "It's an emotional moment. I love playing at home and in front of my friends and family. I think he's gone to the beer tent but my grandad is here! It's an emotional moment." Draper, who reached the US Open semi-finals last year, is hoping to make a strong run at Wimbledon this year after failing to get past the second round in his previous three appearance. The Londoner has made the last 16 at both the Australian and French Opens this year, rising to sixth in the ATP rankings. If Draper can reach the Queen's semi-finals for the first time after two previous last eight exits, he will be guaranteed to be seeded fourth at Wimbledon when the grass-court Grand Slam gets underway on June 30. After losing the first set against Popyrin, Draper's powerful ground-stroke dragged him level with a double break in the second set. Popyrin clung on valiantly, saving two match points as he served at 4-5 in the final set. In the tie-break he led 4-2, pushing Draper to the brink of a shock defeat. But the Briton delighted the home crowd as he won five of the last six points, clinching the victory with an ace. Earlier on Wednesday, Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut beat Czech eighth seed Jakub Mensik 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
The Sun
9 hours ago
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- The Sun
Alcaraz survives Munar scare to reach Queen's quarters
CARLOS Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday. Alcaraz was forced to dig deep in a bruising second-round battle that lasted three hours and 26 minutes on the hottest day of the year in London. Gulping down pickle juice in between games to prevent cramp, Alcaraz had to battle back from 4-2 down in the final set before finally advancing. 'It was a really tough battle. He's a great competitor and he showed how difficult it is to beat him,' Alcaraz said. 'I'm proud of the level I showed today. It's my second match on grass this year. There were moments I struggled a lot mentally and physically.' Top-seeded Alcaraz was tested by Australian world number 86 Adam Walton on Tuesday. his first action since his dramatic French Open triumph against Jannik Sinner. On Thursday, the 22-year-old, preparing to launch his bid for a third successive Wimbledon title later in June, was given an even sterner examination by world number 59 Munar. It was not quite the incredible escape act Alcaraz staged when he saved three match points and fought back from two sets down to beat Sinner in the Roland Garros final on June 8. But Alcaraz had to summon the spirit of that triumph to hold off the gritty Munar. He made 53 unforced errors, but produced 49 winners to haul himself over the line. 'I just kept fighting' 'I still don't know how I'm standing here. But I'm really happy I've given myself another chance in the quarter-final,' said Alcaraz, whose current 15-match winning streak is the longest of his career. 'I just kept fighting. I guess I didn't give up. Honestly I was out mentally, but I stayed there and tried to play the points.' The exhausted Alcaraz celebrated by writing 'were we on clay?' on a TV camera lens before leaving the court. Alcaraz will play France's Arthur Rinderknech, a 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) winner over Reilly Opelka, on Friday for a place in the semi-finals. The five-time Grand Slam champion broke for the first time in the third game of the first set thanks to three successive Munar double faults. That was all the advantage Alcaraz needed as he closed out the set with a dazzling drop-shot that left Munar floundering. He found it harder to impose his will in the second set. Unusually sloppy with his ground-strokes and serve, Alcaraz squandered two match points in the tie-break and paid the price when Munar blasted a forehand winner to take the set. Alcaraz looked to have steadied himself with a break in the second game of the deciding set, but Munar hit back with a break of his own in the next game. Munar kept the pressure on and had victory in his grasp after breaking for a 3-2 lead. Alcaraz once again proved indefatigable as he broke at 4-4 and closed out his nerve-jangling victory with a perfectly weighted lob. In the other action on Thursday, Jacob Fearnley reached his first ATP Tour quarter-final with 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Corentin Moutet. British world number 60 Fearnley has a perfect record of 17 wins from 17 matches against French opponents. The 23-year-old will face Jiri Lehecka in the last eight after the Czech world number 30's 6-4, 6-2 victory against Canada's Gabriel Diallo.
The Sun
9 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Alcaraz survives scare to reach Queen's quarter-finals
CARLOS Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar as the world number two moved into the Queen's Club quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory on Thursday. Alcaraz was forced to dig deep in a bruising second-round battle that lasted three hours and 26 minutes on the hottest day of the year in London. Gulping down pickle juice in between games to prevent cramp, Alcaraz had to battle back from 4-2 down in the final set before finally advancing. 'It was a really tough battle. He's a great competitor and he showed how difficult it is to beat him,' Alcaraz said. 'I'm proud of the level I showed today. It's my second match on grass this year. There were moments I struggled a lot mentally and physically.' Top-seeded Alcaraz was tested by Australian world number 86 Adam Walton on Tuesday. his first action since his dramatic French Open triumph against Jannik Sinner. On Thursday, the 22-year-old, preparing to launch his bid for a third successive Wimbledon title later in June, was given an even sterner examination by world number 59 Munar. It was not quite the incredible escape act Alcaraz staged when he saved three match points and fought back from two sets down to beat Sinner in the Roland Garros final on June 8. But Alcaraz had to summon the spirit of that triumph to hold off the gritty Munar. He made 53 unforced errors, but produced 49 winners to haul himself over the line. 'I just kept fighting' 'I still don't know how I'm standing here. But I'm really happy I've given myself another chance in the quarter-final,' said Alcaraz, whose current 15-match winning streak is the longest of his career. 'I just kept fighting. I guess I didn't give up. Honestly I was out mentally, but I stayed there and tried to play the points.' The exhausted Alcaraz celebrated by writing 'were we on clay?' on a TV camera lens before leaving the court. Alcaraz will play France's Arthur Rinderknech, a 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) winner over Reilly Opelka, on Friday for a place in the semi-finals. The five-time Grand Slam champion broke for the first time in the third game of the first set thanks to three successive Munar double faults. That was all the advantage Alcaraz needed as he closed out the set with a dazzling drop-shot that left Munar floundering. He found it harder to impose his will in the second set. Unusually sloppy with his ground-strokes and serve, Alcaraz squandered two match points in the tie-break and paid the price when Munar blasted a forehand winner to take the set. Alcaraz looked to have steadied himself with a break in the second game of the deciding set, but Munar hit back with a break of his own in the next game. Munar kept the pressure on and had victory in his grasp after breaking for a 3-2 lead. Alcaraz once again proved indefatigable as he broke at 4-4 and closed out his nerve-jangling victory with a perfectly weighted lob. In the other action on Thursday, Jacob Fearnley reached his first ATP Tour quarter-final with 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Corentin Moutet. British world number 60 Fearnley has a perfect record of 17 wins from 17 matches against French opponents. The 23-year-old will face Jiri Lehecka in the last eight after the Czech world number 30's 6-4, 6-2 victory against Canada's Gabriel Diallo.
Straits Times
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
World No.1 Sinner shocked in Halle by Bublik, Alcaraz survives Queen's scare
Italy's Jannik Sinner in action against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik at Halle on June 19. PHOTO: AFP BERLIN - Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on June 19 to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat. Meanwhile, world No. 2 Alcaraz survived a huge scare against fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar to move into the Queen's Club quarter-finals in Britain with a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5 victory. World number one Sinner fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to the 45th-ranked Bublik for the 23-year-old's first defeat to a player ranked outside the top 20 since the summer of 2023. A few days before his defeat to Alcaraz in the title match at the French Open, Sinner had easily dispatched Bublik in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, dropping only six games. On June 19, ten days before Wimbledon, Bublik claimed his second victory in six ties against Sinner. The Kazakh will play Tomas Machac in the quarter-finals after the Czech beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-3 earlier in the day. Earlier, world number three Alexander Zverev rallied from a set down to see off Italy's Lorenzo Sonego and advance to the quarter-finals on grass in Halle. The 28-year-old German won 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) against the 46th-ranked Sonego and next plays another Italian, Flavio Cobolli for a place in the semi-finals. A finalist in Halle in 2016 and 2017, Zverev recorded his fifth victory in as many meetings with Sonego, a year after beating him at the same stage of the same competition. Sonego took advantage of his only chance to break in the first set at 4-3. The German struggled throughout to break his opponent's serve. Zverev dug deep in the second set, leading 5-4, to win the set before dominating the tiebreak in the final set. Argentina's 63rd ranked Tomas Martin Etcheverry also reached the quarter-finals after a three-hour duel against fourth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6). The Argentine saved two match points in the tiebreak of the deciding set to set up a meeting with Russia's Karen Khachanov. Over at Britain's Queen's Club, Alcaraz was forced to dig deep in a bruising second-round battle against world number 59 Munar that lasted three hours and 26 minutes on the hottest day of the year in London. Gulping down pickle juice in between games to prevent cramp, Alcaraz had to battle back from 4-2 down in the final set before finally advancing. 'It was a really tough battle. He's a great competitor and he showed how difficult it is to beat him,' Alcaraz said. 'I'm proud of the level I showed today. It's my second match on grass this year. There were moments I struggled a lot mentally and physically.' Alcaraz will play France's Arthur Rinderknech - a 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) winner over Reilly Opelka on June 20 for a place in the semi-finals. In the other action on June 19, Jacob Fearnley reached his first ATP Tour quarter-final with 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win over Corentin Moutet. British world number 60 Fearnley will face Jiri Lehecka in the last eight, after the Czech world number 30 beat Canada's Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-2. AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Telegraph
12 hours ago
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- 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?'
