Young Spanish tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz superior to the quarterfinal on the ongoing Queen’s Club Championships on Thursday. He defeated Arthur Rinderknech by 6-2, 6-3 to succeed in his first grass court docket quarterfinal. “I’m really happy with the level that I played today. Jiri is a great opponent, great shots,” the Spaniard mentioned in his on-court interview as quoted by ATP. “He has a great game on grass. I am really happy with the level. I think I had a really solid match. I played my game, I enjoyed playing here and I am really happy with my first quarter-final here in Queen’s,” he added.

The 20-year-old had a 4-2 tour-level document on grass at first of the week, however he’s shortly gaining confidence on the floor. Alcaraz prevailed in a single hour and 25 minutes to arrange a matchup within the spherical of eight towards both Francisco Cerundolo, the eighth seed, or former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov.

The Spaniard had some important challenges at one level. He had three break factors at 3-1 within the second set. Lehecka misplaced two of his possibilities because of errors on his forehand returns and quick forehands, and Alcaraz ended the opposite alternative with a forehand winner. In all the recreation, he solely encountered these two break factors.

“After this match, after this level, the expectations change. I think I am ready to do a good result here on grass. Playing my first quarter-final here, I am going to enjoy it of course. It is a really beautiful place to play, so I am enjoying every single second here and of course, I will go into the next round with a lot of confidence and I will go for it,” mentioned Alcaraz.

This week, Alcaraz is aiming for extra than simply his maiden victory on a grass court docket. He will retake management of Novak Djokovic’s place as World No. 1 within the ATP Rankings on Monday if he wins at Queen’s Club.

Holger Rune defeated the house favorite Ryan Peniston 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the quarterfinals at Queen’s Club Championships.

Rune will subsequent play sixth seed Lorenzo Musetti, who clawed previous Ben Shelton in three units earlier within the day.

Rune is making his event debut and has but to drop a set in two matches. Against Peniston, the 20-year-old was by no means in peril, saving all three break factors he confronted.

Peniston has established himself as a succesful grass-court participant. All six of his tour-level victories have come to the floor, and he shocked Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo final yr at Queen’s Club.

However, Rune of Denmark set the tone by breaking his lefty opponent’s serve within the opening return recreation of the match. He battled to serve out the primary set and the match, however he all the time managed to dig himself out of issue.

“I think the most important is that I came with a very, very humble approach to the surface and [was] ready to adjust it at any moment,” ATP.com quoted Rune as saying in his on-court interview.

“I played Ryan last year, so I knew more of what I was coming into. Last year I didn’t see him play so much, but I’ve seen him over the year now and he’s a great player, especially on this surface,” he added.

Praising his opponent, Rune mentioned, “He’s dangerous. He makes you move and we all know how tough it is to move on grass, so I’m happy to come through.”

In different motion, Sebastian Korda prevailed in an all-American battle towards Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2), 6-3.

“Me and Frances always have some battles and just very happy to get through in straight sets,” Korda mentioned in his on-court interview.

“Frances, he always brings a show, he always gets the crowd involved. Sometimes you’ve just got to kind of put your head down and take care of business. That’s all you can really do because when he starts to get going and kind of bringing everyone in, then he plays some of the best tennis on Tour,” he added.

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