LONDON: High seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarter-finals of the Queen’s Membership Championships after he beat Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-Three on Thursday however third seed Taylor Fritz was knocked out by Adrian Mannarino.
Alcaraz is taking part in on grass for the primary time this week since his fourth-round exit at Wimbledon final 12 months and he’s slowly attending to grips with the unfamiliar, sooner floor.
“I am pleased with the extent I performed right now… I had a extremely strong match. I am feeling actually comfy right here on grass, getting expertise and hours on grass,” world quantity two Alcaraz mentioned.
“Your expectations change while you’re taking part in your first quarter-final (on grass), I am having fun with each single second and I’m going into the subsequent spherical with confidence.”
Below sunny skies, Alcaraz raced away right into a 3-Zero lead within the opening set regardless of taking a tumble and dropping his racket when his Czech opponent fired a winner and finally bought on the board.
However Alcaraz was again on his toes and dusted himself off earlier than rapidly pulling away, sealing the primary set with an audacious cross-court backhand winner that whizzed previous Lehecka because the Czech approached the web and landed proper on the road.
Alcaraz carried that momentum into the second set as Lehecka struggled to learn his low groundstrokes whereas the Spaniard additionally saved three break factors to go 4-1 up.
By then the writing was on the wall and though Lehecka valiantly managed to carry serve, Alcaraz sealed the win on his third match level when the Czech’s return went lengthy.
Fritz’s preparations for Wimbledon took successful when the American went down in straight units to Mannarino, the Frenchman profitable 6-Four 7-6(7) to maneuver into the quarter-finals.
It was a second victory over a top-10 participant for Mannarino in as many weeks having overwhelmed Daniil Medvedev in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Mannarino will face Australia’s Alex de Minaur who swept Diego Schwartzman apart with an emphatic 6-2 6-2 victory, breaking the Argentine six instances and wrapping up the competition in simply 65 minutes.
Alcaraz is taking part in on grass for the primary time this week since his fourth-round exit at Wimbledon final 12 months and he’s slowly attending to grips with the unfamiliar, sooner floor.
“I am pleased with the extent I performed right now… I had a extremely strong match. I am feeling actually comfy right here on grass, getting expertise and hours on grass,” world quantity two Alcaraz mentioned.
“Your expectations change while you’re taking part in your first quarter-final (on grass), I am having fun with each single second and I’m going into the subsequent spherical with confidence.”
Below sunny skies, Alcaraz raced away right into a 3-Zero lead within the opening set regardless of taking a tumble and dropping his racket when his Czech opponent fired a winner and finally bought on the board.
However Alcaraz was again on his toes and dusted himself off earlier than rapidly pulling away, sealing the primary set with an audacious cross-court backhand winner that whizzed previous Lehecka because the Czech approached the web and landed proper on the road.
Alcaraz carried that momentum into the second set as Lehecka struggled to learn his low groundstrokes whereas the Spaniard additionally saved three break factors to go 4-1 up.
By then the writing was on the wall and though Lehecka valiantly managed to carry serve, Alcaraz sealed the win on his third match level when the Czech’s return went lengthy.
Fritz’s preparations for Wimbledon took successful when the American went down in straight units to Mannarino, the Frenchman profitable 6-Four 7-6(7) to maneuver into the quarter-finals.
It was a second victory over a top-10 participant for Mannarino in as many weeks having overwhelmed Daniil Medvedev in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Mannarino will face Australia’s Alex de Minaur who swept Diego Schwartzman apart with an emphatic 6-2 6-2 victory, breaking the Argentine six instances and wrapping up the competition in simply 65 minutes.
