Jack Draper vs Alexei Popyrin: Score and latest updates from Queen's
Eugene Allen live updates
18 June 2025 2:35pm
2:35PM
Bautista Agut gets it done!
Bautista Agut comes through!
The 37-year-old is through to the quarter-finals at Queen's Club after seeing off Mensik 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Up next for the Spaniard fourth seed Holger Rune of Denmark or American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald.
The Generation Game 🕰️
37-year-old @BautistaAgut takes out 19-year-old Mensik 3-6 6-3 7-5 to become the 4th oldest Quarter-Finalist at the #HSBCChampionships pic.twitter.com/4poFdVJTCa
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 18, 2025
2:26PM
Bautista Agut breaks again!
The Spaniard will come out and try and serve for the match again after breaking Mensik to 15.
2:23PM
Mensik breaks!
Mensik breaks back!
The No 8 seed is back in the match as he levels up at 5-5 in the third.
2:19PM
Bautista Agut a game away from the quarter-finals
Veteran Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut is serving for the match against talented Czech teen Jakub Mensik.
Bautista Agut lost the first 6-3 before taking the second by the same scoreline. It is now 5-4 in the third.
Jack Draper versus Alexei Popyrin follows this match on Andy Murray Arena.
2:09PM
Second head-to-head meeting
Good afternoon and welcome to coverage of Jack Draper versus Australia's Alexei Popyrin in the round of 16 of the HSBC Championships.
Draper, the second seed at Queen's, cruised through his first-round match against America's Jenson Brooksby, dropping just four games in a 6-3, 6-1 victory. That was Draper's first match on grass and followed his fourth-round run at the French Open earlier in the month.
After his victory against Brooksby, British No 1 spoke about how it feels to be at the top of the tree in the country. 'Since I was a young guy, I have always wanted to be at the top of the game, and I knew eventually that [expectation] would come with it,' said the 23-year-old. 'I feel confident, happy. I feel this is exactly where I want to be, regardless of any external noise.'
Popyrin, currently at a career-high No 21 in the world, started his grass-court campaign at the Libema Open where he lost to eventual runner-up, Zizou Bergs in his opening match. Here, he saw off his compatriot Aleksandar Vukic in three sets to set up this round-of-16 encounter.
The world No 6 leads the head-to-head against the 25-year-old Australian 1-0 after their meeting in Doha earlier this year. Draper won that match in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6.
Popyrin will also be in doubles action later today alongside Alex de Minaur. The Australian duo will take on the American-Czech pair Taylor Fritz and Jiri Lehecka in the first round.
Yesterday, the teams for the new mixed doubles competition at this year's US Open were revealed. Draper will team up with last year's Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng of China.
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