Jack Draper failed to succeed in the Queen’s Membership Championship closing after a irritating three-set defeat to Jiri Lehecka.
The British No 1 had already assured himself fourth-seed standing at Wimbledon resulting from his progress within the match, however he was denied a possible showdown with Carlos Alcaraz after dropping 6-4 4-6 7-5 to Lehecka.
Draper discovered himself on the again foot from the beginning of the match, with Lehecka benefiting from a poor service sport to take an early benefit, and staying only a step forward to take the primary set.
Lehecka discovered himself three break factors down early within the second set, irritating Draper who had 4 possibilities to interrupt for a lead.
The second set continued to be a nervy affair with each failing to capitalise on their possibilities to interrupt, earlier than Draper obtained his breakthrough by the closest of margins to take the match right into a decider.
However Draper was damaged by Lehecka within the closing levels of the third, shattering an promoting hoarding along with his racket in anger, and the Czech participant closed out victory on his serve.
Within the doubles, all-British pairing Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie had been overwhelmed by Croatia’s Nikola Mektic and New Zealand’s Michael Venus 6-3 7-5.
There can be British curiosity within the finals although, because the second semi-final options the fourth seeds, all-British pairing of Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool in opposition to the second seeds and reigning Wimbledon males’s doubles champions Henry Patten and his Finnish companion Harri Heliovaara.
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Ladies’s world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka was surprised by former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova comfortably in straight units.
The Czech reached her first closing since her 2023 victory, having been tormented by accidents and seeing her rating plummet.
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