Jack Draper beat Brandon Nakashima to advance to the semi-finals of the Queen’s Membership championship and assure he will likely be fourth seed at Wimbledon.
It is a vital step for Draper, that means he’d keep away from potential matches with Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner till the semi-finals of his house main later this month.
At Queen’s on Friday he defeated the Brandon Nakashima in three tight units, 6-4 5-7 6-4.
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Draper would be the fourth seed at Wimbledon
“I’ve received to get to the semis first (of Wimbledon),” smiled Draper. “However final yr I went there ranked fortieth and now I am fourth. To get to that place is an unbelievable feeling. It’s testomony to the work me and my crew have finished and I am pleased with that.”
Nakashima opened the match with a powerful service recreation however quickly Draper had him below strain. He took an early break within the first set and consolidated it with a maintain within the subsequent recreation.
That put him in a commanding place. Nakashima did get two break factors within the sixth recreation however Draper ultimately warded off the menace. He blasted down an ace to take the primary set.
Within the second set Nakashima started to serve higher, tightening up the competition. He remained composed as he secured two set factors towards Draper’s serve. The British No 1 defended the primary however hit too lengthy on the second as Nakashima took the match to a decider.
Draper seized a break within the seventh recreation and constructed on that to take a transparent lead within the ultimate set.
Serving for the set, Draper dropped 0-30 behind Nakashima earlier than a hefty ace introduced him into the sport. The American nonetheless exerted strain on Draper getting two break factors to attract stage within the deciding set. However pin-point forehand on to the road from Draper defended the primary of them and he bellowed with satisfaction as Nakashima struck a return of serve too lengthy to take them to deuce.
Draper received himself to match level and raced to the web to ship Nakashima scrambling throughout the court docket earlier than ending the match off.
British gamers into Queen’s semi-finals since 1980
Tim Henman (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Andy Murray (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Greg Rusedski (1997)
James Ward (2011)
Cameron Norrie (2021)
Jack Draper (2025)
“It means the world to me, the assist I’ve obtained this week has been superb,” added Draper after turning into Britain’s first semi-finalist since Cameron Norrie in 2021.
“At instances I’ve not performed nice tennis however I’ve tried to consider in myself.”
Fearnley’s run was halted in quarter-finals
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Jiri Lehecka ended Jacob Fearnley’s run at Queen’s
The 23-year-old will play Jiri Lehecka within the semi-finals after the Czech introduced Jacob Fearnley’s Queen’s Membership run to an finish of their quarter-final.
The British No 2 regarded heavy-legged in an error-strewn 7-5 6-2 defeat to the Czech world No 30.
Fearnley was scheduled to play the opening match on the Andy Murray Area regardless of a gruelling three-setter towards Corentin Moutet the day earlier than, adopted by a win within the doubles – alongside Cameron Norrie – towards Lehecka and Taylor Fritz.
Lehecka received revenge for that defeat by stopping Fearnley from turning into the primary British man to succeed in the semi-finals on his Queen’s Membership debut in 48 years.
Fearnley coughed up eight double faults within the first set, together with three in each the video games through which Lehecka broke his serve.
Lehecka struck once more for 3-2 within the second after a Fearnley forehand landed a millimetre out after which ran away with the match, wrapping up victory in an hour and 17 minutes.
“Clearly if I might recognized I used to be going to be placed on first the day after taking part in an extended match in 32 levels and taking part in one other doubles match late at night time, then I in all probability would not have performed doubles,” he mentioned.
“It is simply troublesome to foretell these issues generally. It is nearly being sensible about it, actually.”
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Medvedev by means of to final 4 in Halle
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Daniil Medvedev was pressured to carry up play because of struggling with a nostril bleed, then he hit an outstanding winner on the returning level towards Alex Michelsen on the Halle Open
Daniil Medvedev overcame a nosebleed to succeed in the semi-finals of the Terra Wortmann Open in Germany.
Medvedev took a medical timeout to cope with the undesirable second-set interruption towards Alex Michelsen, however the world No 11 ploughed on to beat his American opponent 6-4 6-3.
“The shadows on the court docket made the situations fairly troublesome,” former world No 3 Medvedev mentioned after an 85-minute match through which Michelsen fended off 4 match factors.
“It took a while to get used to it. It was then higher within the second set.”
Medvedev has not dropped a set within the Halle event and can meet Alexander Zverev for a spot within the ultimate.
The German favorite booked his last-four spot with a hard-fought 6-4 7-6 (8-6) victory over Italy’s Flavio Cobolli.
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