Hewett confident of claiming Queen's crown

Alfie Hewett believes he is in good shape to win back the men's wheelchair singles crown at Queen's, after defeating compatriot Gordon Reid in the semi-finals. Hewett beat doubles partner Reid 6-3 6-1 to set up a decider against defending champion Joachim Gerard. Ad The pair then put their singles rivalry aside to breeze into the doubles final, beating Asif Abbasi and Manojkanth Somasundaram 6-0 6-0 to reach the final, where they will face Gerard and Stephane Houdet.

TennisReid confident he and Hewett can land doubles crown at Queen's41 MINUTES AGO The first order of Sunday's play, however, will be the singles and Hewett is relishing the chance to claim back the title he won in 2019. He said: «I think I am still learning at the moment. I have only played three matches on grass now this year, but I am enjoying it and I feel like I am in a good place physically.

»I am looking forward to a good challenge. He is probably one of the strongest players on grass because of his big serve and his long levers. «I've got to serve well and do what I can on the returns and be a little bit creative on ball three.» In the men's singles, Carlos Alcaraz is determined to head to Wimbledon as world No.1 after he sealed a first-ever grass court final with a straight sets victory over Sebastian Korda at Queen's.

Alcaraz will usurp Novak Djokovic at the rankings summit ahead of the third Grand Slam of the year if he beats Alex de Minaur in the final, after the Australian beat Holger Rune 6-3 7-6(2). De Minaur has been in superb touch all week in West London on the surface that he favours the most, while Alcaraz admitted earlier in the tournament that he is still adapting to grass. But the 20-year-old Spaniard, who also revealed he has been