Ryan Peniston stuns Francisco Cerundolo to continue dream Queen's week, Matteo Berrettini, Daniil Medvedev win

Ryan Peniston’s dream week at Queen’s continued as he beat world No. 46 Francisco Cerundolo to make the quarter-finals in his first ATP event. The British wild card, ranked No.

180 in the world, won 6-0 4-6 6-4 in front of a wild home crowd. Ad/> He will face either Filip Krajinovic or former Queen’s champion Sam Querrey on Friday for a place in the semi-finals. US OpenSchett welcomes US Open move after Wimbledon 'punished' Russian, Belarusian players4 HOURS AGO Peniston caused a huge shock in his opening match as he beat top seed and French Open finalist Casper Ruud in straight sets.

The 26-year-old continued where he left off as he blitzed Cerundolo in the first set, breaking three times and only dropping three points on his own serve. Cerundolo got on the board at the start of the second set and managed to take his first break point to move 2-1 ahead. Schett welcomes US Open allowing Russian, Belarusian players Gauff through to first grass-court quarter-final The break proved decisive as the Argentine levelled the match.

It looked as though the contest was turning Cerundolo’s way as he broke to start the final set and then held to love. However, Peniston fought off three more break points before hitting back in the eighth game as the crowd roared him on. Cerundolo spurned a break point in the next game and then could only watch as Peniston fired a forehand return winner down the line to clinch the match.

Defending champion Matteo Berrettini survived a scare as he beat lucky loser Denis Kudla 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 to extend his winning streak to six matches. “It was a really tough match,” Berrettini, who won the Stuttgart Open last week, said in his on-court interview. /> “We know each other really well.