June 15, 20232 yr Author Former world number one Victoria Azarenka suffered a shock defeat by American teenager Ashlyn Krueger at the Libema Open in the Netherlands. Two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka was stunned 6-3 6-2 by the 19-year-old. Victory at the grass-court tournament in s'Hertogenbosch marks unseeded Krueger's first win over a top-20 player and a maiden WTA quarter-final. In the men's draw, Italian second seed Jannik Sinner beat Kazakh Alexander Bublik to reach the last eight. World number nine Sinner, who is looking to bounce back on grass in the run-up to next month's Wimbledon after a disappointing second-round exit at the French Open, beat Bublik 6-4 6-2 in the opening round.
June 15, 20232 yr Author Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart both won at the Nottingham Open to set up an all-British quarter-final. British number one Boulter, 26, overcame Ukrainian lucky loser Daria Snigur 7-5 6-3 in a tricky encounter at the grass-court event. Dart, ranked 143rd in the world, then beat Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina 6-0 7-5 to reach the last eight.
June 15, 20232 yr Jodie Anna Burrage is through as well now, beating the number 3 seed, Magda Linette, so there are four Brits in the quarter-finals and no seeds left.
June 15, 20232 yr That's pretty exciting stuff! And looking at the draw that means there'll definitely be at least one Brit in the semi-finals.
June 16, 20232 yr Author Britain's Jodie Burrage reached the first WTA Tour semi-final of her career with a superb victory over Poland's Magdalena Frech at the Nottingham Open. Burrage, 24, beat the world number 77 6-2 3-6 7-5 to continue the excellent tournament for British players.
June 16, 20232 yr Author British trio Jodie Burrage, Katie Boulter and Heather Watson all gained impressive wins to move into the Nottingham Open semi-finals. Burrage beat Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-2 3-6 7-5 before Boulter defeated fellow Briton Harriet Dart 6-3 7-5 in the other half of the tournament draw. It is the first time Burrage and Boulter have reached WTA semi-finals. Boulter will face Watson after she beat Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 to guarantee a British finalist.
June 16, 20232 yr The best outcome we could have hoped for in the quarter-finals then! Only Alizé Cornet stands in the way of a British win.
June 17, 20232 yr Boulter and Burrage through to the final! Whoever wins will get themselves a new career high ranking, and be the British number 1 (which will feel a bit more deserved rather than Boulter currently having it kinda by default)
June 18, 20232 yr Author Katie Boulter won her first WTA title with a dominant victory in Nottingham over Jodie Burrage in the first all-British tour-level final in 46 years. The British women's number one ranking was also on the line as Boulter outplayed her good friend 6-3 6-3. "I'm definitely going to be sleeping with this trophy tonight," Boulter said in her on-court interview.
June 18, 20232 yr That was great to see Katie Boulter win her first WTA title in what has been a difficult week for the people of Nottingham.
June 20, 20232 yr Andy Murray's ten match winning streak (having just won back-to-back challengers on grass) has been brought to an end at Queen's by Alex de Minaur. To be expected as ADM is a good grass court player, but shame that Andy hasn't managed to get seeded for Wimbledon. Anett Kontaveit, who was ranked #2 this time last year, has announced that she's retiring after Wimbledon this year, as she's too injured to carry on playing.
June 21, 20232 yr Author Harriet Dart reached a second successive grass-court quarter-final as she continued her Wimbledon preparations at the Birmingham Classic. The 26-year-old secured a comprehensive 6-3 3-6 6-1 win over Ukrainian fifth seed Anhelina Kalinina. The Briton beat the same opponent last week to reach the last eight of the Nottingham Open.
June 21, 20232 yr Author British number one Cameron Norrie came from behind to reach the Queen's quarter-finals for a second time with victory over Australian Jordan Thompson. Fifth seed Norrie, a Wimbledon semi-finalist last year, recovered from his first-set errors to win 4-6 6-3 6-2. "It was the perfect match," said Norrie, who will face American Sebastian Korda next. Fellow Briton Ryan Peniston was beaten 6-3 6-4 by second seed Holger Rune.
June 21, 20232 yr So nice to see Venus Williams win a match. & now she has been given a wildcard for Wimbledon!
June 24, 20232 yr Author Britain's Harriet Dart was beaten by Russian fourth seed Anastasia Potapova 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Birmingham Classic. Dart, 26, the last Briton still in the draw at the Wimbledon warm-up event, was a break up early in the second set. But the British number four fell away against world number 21 Potapova. "I thought it was a really high level match and I definitely had a lot of chances - overall it was a positive week," said Dart. "Of course I wanted to do better today and to keep going but it's important just to keep building week in, week out to be able to compete with the best players in the world."
June 24, 20232 yr Author Australian Alex de Minaur reached his first Queen's final with a straight-set victory over Danish second seed Holger Rune. The 2021 Eastbourne champion beat French Open quarter-finalist Rune 6-3 7-6 (7-2). "I'm having an amazing week, let's just hope I can do just one better tomorrow," De Minaur, 24, said. He will face Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz or American Sebastian Korda in Sunday's final.
June 25, 20231 yr Author Carlos Alcaraz won his first title on grass and regained the world number one ranking with an impressive victory over Alex de Minaur in the Queen's final. Alcaraz's 6-4 6-4 triumph means he moves above Novak Djokovic in the rankings and will be the top men's seed at Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July. The Spaniard, 20, who was playing only his third grass-court tournament, has won five titles this season. He will now set his sights on taking Djokovic's Wimbledon crown.
June 25, 20231 yr Author Jelena Ostapenko beat Czech player Barbora Krejcikova at the Birmingham Classic to take a second grass-court title of her career. In a battle between the two top seeds, second seed Ostapenko held her nerve to win 7-6 (10-8) 6-4. "It's great preparation for Wimbledon and I'm happy with the way I'm playing," the Latvian said. Elsewhere, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Donna Vekic 6-2 7-6 (8-6) to win the German Open.
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