Vekic hangs tough to beat Raducanu in Queen's final
- British tennis enjoyed a strong Friday at the HSBC Championships in London, as Katie Boulter secured a semi-final berth with an upset over top seed Elena Rybakina, while Emma Raducanu progressed to the quarter-finals.
- A complete washout of Thursday's play at the Queen's Club necessitated a packed schedule, forcing all three British singles contenders to navigate their postponed last-16 clashes during the tournament's second edition.
- Boulter prevailed in a two-hour and 39-minute triumph over Rybakina, claiming the best win of her career by rankings while saving 11 break points across the three sets.
- Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 7-5 on Saturday, though the weather-plagued tournament forced the British number one to play twice after Friday's postponement.
- In the semi-finals, Boulter will face Croatian Donna Vekic, while Raducanu prepares to play American Iva Jovic later on Saturday following her earlier Queen's victory.
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The 29-year-old Vekić, ranked 79th in the world, won her fifth professional title. It was also her first such success since March 2023, when she topped the table in Monterrey, Mexico. At Queen's, she was eliminated in qualifying after losing to Russian Anna Blinkova, and then advanced to the main draw after Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk withdrew. This is only the sixth time in WTA history that a tournament has been won by a lucky loser. The previous o…
LONDON (AP) — Emma Raducanu fell just short of a dream title at home at the Queen's Club after Croatia's Donna Vekic, who arrived with the nickname "lucky loser," won the title on Sunday…
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Vekic wins Queen’s Club final in straight sets to deny dream title for Raducanu
LONDON (AP) — Emma Raducanu fell short of a dream title on home soil at the Queen's Club after Croatian lucky loser Donna Vekic won the final 6-0, 7-6 (6)
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The West AustralianVekic hangs tough to beat Raducanu in Queen's final
LONDON, June 14 : Croatia's Donna Vekic resisted a gutsy fightback by Emma Raducanu in front of a partisan crowd to claim the Queen's Club title with a 6-0 7-6(6) win in a high-quality final on Sunday.Vekic, who got into the main draw as a lucky loser after defeat in qualifying, needed five match points to fi
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