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In-form Fritz reaches fourth Eastbourne final
World number five Taylor Fritz continued his fine form in the run-up to Wimbledon by reaching his fourth Eastbourne final with a battling defending champion defeated Spanish world number 28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 3-6 6-1 to set up a final with fellow American Jenson Brooksby on Saturday.A lucky loser, Brooksby is on a fairytale run at Eastbourne having lost in the second round of world number 149 came from a set down to defeat French fourth seed Ugo Humbert 6-3 3-6 7-5 earlier on who beat world number three Alexander Zverev in the Stuttgart Open final 12 days ago, is among the favourites for the Wimbledon title.A quarter-finalist last year, he will start his Wimbledon campaign against French world number 36 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard on Monday. In recent years, Fritz has made the Eastbourne men's singles title his own, winning three of the past five Thursday, he won two matches in one day after bad light had postponed his second-round tie the day before."I always feel like things are going to work out for me because they always do for some reason here," said Fritz in his on-court interview."Just showing up here and being on site and playing on centre court. I do that have that bit of confidence." Britons Cash and Glasspool crowned doubles champion Elsewhere at Eastbourne, British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool won the men's doubles title by defeating Uruguayan-Belgian duo Ariel Behar and Joran Vliegen 6-4 7-6 (7-5).It is the pair's fifth title since they partnered up in October, 2024 and comes just five days after they lifted a historic Queen's doubles crown also reached the final of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships earlier this month in the and Glasspool are seeded fifth at Wimbledon and have been drawn against Dutch duo Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round.
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5 days ago
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Sussex tennis player makes history with Queen's Club win
Julian Cash has made history as part of the first all-British pairing of the Open era to win the men's doubles title at the Queen's Club Championships (Image: BBC) A tennis player from Sussex has made history as part of the first all-British pairing in the Open era to win the men's doubles title at the Queen's Club Championships. Julian Cash, 28, alongside teammate Lloyd Glasspool, achieved this feat on Sunday with a thrilling win against Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus. Advertisement The duo secured their victory with a score of 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 10-6, thereby clinching their third ATP Tour trophy of the current season and their fourth since their partnership began last year. Cash, who grew up in Sussex and studied at St Bede's, began focusing on professional doubles in 2022 after coming through the US college system. 'It's been a great year so far,' he said. 'It's really nice to start the grass season strong. Hopefully we can push on to a good run at Wimbledon.' The pair displayed a solid start in the final, clinching the first set and securing a break in the second. However, their opponents managed to push the match into a tie-break. Advertisement Despite this, Cash and Glasspool regained control and won the deciding match tie-break on their first match point. Glasspool, who was a runner-up at Queen's in 2022, said: "I think we've been a really strong team this year and hopefully he [Julian] can continue making these tie-breaks a lot easier when he serves and the ball doesn't come back." The partnership formed after both players parted ways with their former teammates Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara, who later won Wimbledon last year. Their Queen's victory follows their runner-up finish at the Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch the previous week. Cash and Glasspool are now set to compete in the Eastbourne International as part of their preparation for Wimbledon.
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5 days ago
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How British pair became kings of Queen's
In the latest edition of Second Serve, our weekly snapshot of the tours, BBC tennis reporter Jonathan Jurejko looks at the rise of Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool following their Queen's victory. An historic triumph in the quaint surroundings of Queen's Club showed how the British doubles scene remains in rude health as Wimbledon Cash and Lloyd Glasspool might not be as well known as some of their peers, but they are the in-form British pairing this 28, and Glasspool, 31, had already won two ATP Tour titles in 2025 but this one - on home turf for two players who live in south-west London - is the pair, who only teamed up last year, are the first all-British team to lift the Queen's title in the Open is another feather in the cap for the nation's doubles guru Louis Cayer, who has transformed the quality and depth of the discipline since joining the LTA in 2007."The system we play our tennis under – in terms of tactics and the way we want to play - is very much aligned. It's a philosophy," Glasspool told BBC synchronisation in their patterns and positioning was clear in their title-winning match over Michael Venus and Nikola Metic, as well as the ability of both Britons to serve big and bold in the key a successful doubles partnership often comes down to circumstance and and Glasspool have known each other for several years, but ended up together after both splitting with their previous full-time partners Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara - who paired up and won Wimbledon last year."[Ending partnerships] is always difficult but you can't forget this is a business as well," said Cash, who only started playing doubles full-time in 2022 after coming through the United States college system."You have to do what is best for yourself – it has showed it was better for both Henry and I to go our separate ways."We all still get on really well. Seeing the other Britons doing well and winning Grand Slams is definitely pushing everyone on." British number two Katie Boulter has laid bare the shocking scale of social media abuse she receives, reopening the conversation about how the issue should be tackled.A fun way to attract new fans or damaging the careers of double specialists? The announcement of several superstar pairings for the new-look US Open mixed doubles event has been generating Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, one of the best grass-court players of her generation, says she intends to retire later this year. The most significant move in the ATP rankings this week saw Jack Draper regain his spot as world number the Queen's semi-finals helped Draper move back to his career-high position and ensures he will be seeded fourth at Wimbledon next is that important? It means Draper will avoid top two seeds Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz - who have won the past six majors between them - until at least the semi-finals, should the British number one get that world number one Daniil Medvedev has moved back into the top 10 after reaching the Halle final, while Alexander Bublik - who won the title - has reclaimed a spot in the top 30. Like Draper, Italy's Jasmine Paolini has received a Wimbledon seedings boost after climbing back to fourth in the WTA who was beaten by Barbora Krejcikova in last year's SW19 final, cannot face Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff or Jessica Pegula until the semi-finals. Paolini has traded places with China's Zheng Qinwen, while Nottingham champion McCartney Kessler has secured a Wimbledon seeding by rising to keep an eye on Marketa Vondrousova at the All England Club. The 2023 Wimbledon champion has missed most of the past year after shoulder surgery, but reminded everyone of her ability by winning the Berlin Open. Cash and Glasspool were not the only British doubles success at the Nicholls won her first WTA title with Czech partner Tereza Mihalikova when the pair shocked French Open champions Paolini and Sara Errani in 30, is the nation's leading women's doubles player after forging a strong partnership with Mihalikova and has climbed to a career-high ranking of the singles, Draper reached the Queen's last four despite suffering with tonsillitis, while Fearnley climbed up to 51st in the rankings after a run to the quarter-finals. With Wimbledon now only a week away, many of the world's leading players are continuing their preparations at tour-level events in the UK, Germany and Spain. British number one Emma Raducanu and reigning Wimbledon champion Krejcikova headline the WTA event in Eastbourne, while the men's event features American world number five Taylor Fritz, plus Britons Fearnley and Cameron stars Pegula, Paolini and Iga Swiatek are playing the WTA event in Bad Homburg, while Ben Shelton - who cracked the top 10 last week - is top seed at the ATP tournament in those who have not got direct entry to Wimbledon, there is an opportunity to secure a place in the singles draws as qualifying takes place this week at Roehampton. Got any questions? Got any burning tennis questions you'd like us to answer?Submit them below and our Ask Me Anything team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and can also sign up to get the latest tennis news from BBC Sport delivered straight to your mobile phone.
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GB's Glasspool and Cash win historic Queen's doubles title
Glasspool (left) and Cash (right) have also won titles in Brisbane and Doha this season [Getty Images] Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the men's doubles title at Queen's in the Open era with victory in a match tie-break over Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus. Cash and Glasspool won 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 10-6 to earn their third ATP Tour title of the season and their fourth since beginning their partnership last year. Advertisement "It's been a great year so far," Cash said. "It's really nice to start the grass season strong. Hopefully we can push on to a good run at Wimbledon." The Britons dominated the first set and were on course to wrap up victory with a break in the second before Croatia's Mektic and New Zealand's Venus fought back to take it to a tie-break, which they edged. But in the match tie-break - played to 10 points and in lieu of a deciding third set - Cash and Glasspool got an early mini-break and then broke again before sealing victory on their first match point. "I think we've been a really strong team this year and hopefully he [Julian] can continue making these tie-breaks a lot easier when he serves and the ball doesn't come back," said Glasspool, who was runner-up here in 2022 with Finland's Harri Heliovaara. Advertisement The victory marks a successful couple of weeks on grass for the pair after they also reached the final in 's-Hertogenbosch last weekend and they will continue their warm-up for Wimbledon by competing at Eastbourne next week. Britons to have won the doubles title here include Andy Murray, Neal Skupski and Jamie Murray but the only other all-British team to contest the Queen's men's doubles final in the Open era (since tennis went professional in 1968) were 1978 runners-up David and John Lloyd. There was more British doubles success on grass in Germany, where Olivia Nicholls and her Slovak partner Tereza Mihalikova won the Berlin Open women's title. They came from behind to beat Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-2 10-6 to win their first title as a pair.
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5 days ago
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GB's Glasspool and Cash win historic Queen's doubles title
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the men's doubles title at Queen's in the Open era with victory in a match tie-break over Nikola Mektic and Michael and Glasspool won 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 10-6 to earn their third ATP Tour title of the season and their fourth since beginning their partnership last year."It's been a great year so far," Cash said. "It's really nice to start the grass season strong. Hopefully we can push on to a good run at Wimbledon." The Britons dominated the first set and were on course to wrap up victory with a break in the second before Croatia's Mektic and New Zealand's Venus fought back to take it to a tie-break, which they edged. But in the match tie-break - played to 10 points and in lieu of a deciding third set - Cash and Glasspool got an early mini-break and then broke again before sealing victory on their first match point. "I think we've been a really strong team this year and hopefully he [Julian] can continue making these tie-breaks a lot easier when he serves and the ball doesn't come back," said Glasspool, who was runner-up here in 2022 with Finland's Harri Heliovaara. The victory marks a successful couple of weeks on grass for the pair after they also reached the final in 's-Hertogenbosch last weekend and they will continue their warm-up for Wimbledon by competing at Eastbourne next to have won the doubles title here include Andy Murray, Neal Skupski and Jamie Murray but the only other all-British team to contest the Queen's men's doubles final in the Open era (since tennis went professional in 1968) were 1978 runners-up David and John was more British doubles success on grass in Germany, where Olivia Nicholls and her Slovak partner Tereza Mihalikova won the Berlin Open women's came from behind to beat Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-2 10-6 to win their first title as a pair.
