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LONDON: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club Championships after he beat Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-3 on Thursday (Jun 22) but third seed Taylor Fritz was knocked out by Adrian Mannarino.
England got off to a strong start at the European Under-21 Championship, beating the Czech Republic 2-0 to go top of Group C. It was the first time since 2009 that an England side has won its opening match at the tournament, and Germany’s 1-1 draw with Israel in the other game makes the Three Lions standalone group leaders. Ad Noni Madueke hit the bar early on, but England came under pressure in the first half in Batumi and had goalkeeper James Trafford to thank for keeping the score level at the break.
Carlos Alcaraz produced a dazzling performance to flatten Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-3 and move into the Queen’s quarter-finals. The top seed will face Grigor Dimitrov or Francisco Cerundolo next after a win that was far more convincing than his nervy three-set victory over Arthur Rinderknech in the first round. Ad Alcaraz is making his Queen’s debut this year and is relatively new to grass-court tennis, with two previous outings at Wimbledon being the extent of his tour-level experience on the surface.
No. 5 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat world No. 7 Coco Gauff 6-4 6-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open.
England Under-21s are set to kick-off their 2023 Euros campaign against Czech Republic.
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who was recovering from a muscle strain, will return to action for the sixth stage of the Diamond League in Lausanne on June 30. In the list released by the organisers of the prestigious athletics meet, the world number one Indian's name has been entered in the javelin throw event. Besides Chopra, the names of top Indian athletes Jeswin Aldrin and Sreeshankar have been entered in long jump.
Midfielder Annalie Longo is in a race to recover from a serious knee injury and make New Zealand's Women's World Cup squad, but will gladly endure pain to play in front of home fans if selectors back her.
Elena Rybakina suffered a setback in the build-up to her Wimbledon title defence when she was knocked out of the Berlin WTA event by Donna Vekic on Wednesday. Vekic, ranked 23 in the world, beat the second-seeded Kazakh 6-7 (1/7), 6-3, 6-4 to make it through to the quarter finals. An Australian Open finalist in January, the 24-year-old Rybakina was one of the favourites for the French Open but pulled out early due to illness.