
High-seeded Carlos Alcaraz cruised into his fifth consecutive remaining with a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut within the semifinals of the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Membership in London on Saturday.
The win was Alcaraz’s 250th tour-level win and prolonged his profitable streak to 17 matches. The 37-year-old Bautista Agut couldn’t muster fairly the trouble that made him an upset winner Friday over No. 4 Holger Rune of Denmark, with Alcaraz in full management of the second set, through which he saved the one break level he confronted.
Alcaraz will face the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka, who downed No. 2 Jack Draper of Nice Britain 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. The hometown favourite Draper, who’s been affected by tonsillitis, battled again from a first-set loss to take the second set however Lehecka bought an important break at 5-5 within the third that despatched Draper smashing his racquet in frustration earlier than in the end dropping the set 7-5. Lehecka has dropped serve on only one event on this 12 months’s event.
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No. 3 Daniil Medvedev outlasted second-seeded Alexander Zverev in an almost three-hour lengthy match to succeed in the finals at Halle, Germany.
In a remarkably even matchup, Medvedev’s 17 aces stood out in comparison with seven for Zverev, who fought valiantly earlier than in the end falling 7-6 (3), 6-7 (1), 6-4 to the Russian, the German’s twelfth loss out of 14 alternatives between the 2.
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan continued his scorching streak by pulling off a comeback in opposition to No. 8 Russian Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Bublik, who gained this event in 2023 and continues to be driving excessive since beating world No. 1 Jannik Sinner earlier within the event, is on the lookout for his first title since Montpellier in 2024.
–Subject Degree Media