Anisimova v Maria in Queen's Club women final
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Ten of the Top 20 players in the PIF WTA Rankings will vie for this year's first WTA 500 grass-court title at the HSBC Championships at the prestigious Queen's Club. WTA tennis will return to this site for the first time since 1973.
Carlos Alcaraz is taking part in his first grass-court tournament at Queen’s Club since winning Wimbledon for a second time last year and the five-time Grand Slam champion is odds-on to begin his All England Club defence with a victory under his belt.
The courts at Queen’s Club have often been described as the best grasscourts in the world by members of the ATP Tour but I doubt such plaudits will be handed out this year. In 2025, the courts will be far from lush green on day one as the WTA Tour has been playing at the same venue for the past week.
Visibility for women’s tennis and helping the push towards equality were major drivers of the event returning for the first time since 1973.
Zheng will play either the third seed Emma Navarro or eighth seed Amanda Anisimova in the semi-finals, before a potential final showdown with Australian Open champion Madison Keys or German qualifier Tatjana Maria, who stunned former Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina earlier in the afternoon.
Emma Raducanu cruised into the quarter-finals at the Queen's Club Championships with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Rebecca Sramkova on Thursday but fellow Britons Katie Boulter and Heather Watson were knocked out.
Alcaraz, who won Queen's in 2023 and is defending Wimbledon champion, had considered missing the event after winning the French Open.
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