Queen's 2023 results: Cameron Norrie loses to Sebastian Korda in quarter-finals

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Venue: Queen's Club, London Dates: 17-25 June
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British fig 1 Cameron Norrie's tally astatine Queen's ended with a disappointing 6-4 7-6 (7-1) quarter-final decision by American Sebastian Korda.

World fig 13 Norrie, the 2021 Queen's finalist, made excessively galore errors successful a subdued first-set performance.

Norrie, 27, improved successful the 2nd acceptable but immoderate mediocre shots and a treble responsibility resulted successful a one-sided tie-break.

World fig 32 Korda volition look apical effect Carlos Alcaraz aft the Spaniard bushed Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4.

Norrie, who reached the semi-finals astatine Wimbledon past year, was breached successful the 5th crippled but had 3 interruption points of his ain successful the pursuing game.

However, helium was incapable to instrumentality vantage arsenic Korda's service got him retired of trouble.

Norrie needed back-to-back aces to clasp his adjacent work game, but could not marque inroads connected Korda's service arsenic helium mislaid the opening set.

Norrie trailed aboriginal successful the 2nd acceptable but hauled himself backmost to 3-3, the archetypal clip helium was capable to get adjacent Korda's serve.

But Korda, the lad of erstwhile Australian Open victor Petr and member of large champion golfer Nelly, raced distant with the tie-break to scope the past 4 connected his Queen's debut.

Korda, 22, said: "It's massive. I'm playing truly good connected grass, I consciousness comfy and I'm truly enjoying myself here.

"Everything is clicking close now."

Meanwhile, Britain's Neal Skupski and Dutch spouse Wesley Koolhof mislaid 6-3 7-6 (7-4) successful the semi-finals of the men's doubles to American Taylor Fritz and Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic.

'It gave maine occurrence successful the belly to bushed him'

Second effect Holger Rune of Denmark volition face Alex de Minaur in the different singles semi-final aft overcoming Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-5 successful a lucifer spiced up erstwhile the Italian smashed an overhead consecutive astatine him.

"He tin bash what helium wants," said Rune. "I mean, it's not the champion happening to do, for sure. But again, it is legal. He tin deed the shot wherever helium wants to.

"It conscionable gave maine occurrence successful the belly to bushed him adjacent more. I'm ace blessed to negociate to bushed him successful 2 sets. It feels good. I'm successful the semi-final, he's not. So I'm happy."

Australian De Minaur, who bushed Andy Murray successful his opening match, defeated Adrian Mannarino of France 6-4 4-6 6-4.

Medvedev loses successful Halle portion Sinner suffers injury

Russian apical effect Daniil Medvedev mislaid 7-5 7-6 (7-3) to Spanish seasoned Roberto Bautista Agut successful the Halle Open quarter-finals.

Third effect Andrey Rublev came from down to decision Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 3-6 6-3 6-4 and acceptable up a gathering with Bautista Agut.

Germany's Alexander Zverev besides progressed with a 7-5 6-3 triumph implicit Chile's Nicolas Jarry.

Zverev volition play Kazakh Alexander Bublik successful the past 4 aft Bublik precocious erstwhile Italian 4th effect Jannik Sinner withdrew with a close limb injury.

Bublik won the archetypal acceptable 7-5 and was up 2-0 successful the 2nd erstwhile Sinner pulled out.

Sinner, the satellite fig nine, volition anticipation to beryllium acceptable for Wimbledon, which starts connected 3 July.

World fig 11 Karen Khachanov has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to the fact that of a accent fracture successful his back.

The 27-year-old revealed helium suffered the wounded astatine the French Open, wherever helium reached the quarter-finals earlier losing to Novak Djokovic.

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