Emma Raducanu vs Qinwen Zheng live: Queen’s Club tennis scores as British No 1 knocked out
Raducanu was beaten 6-2 6-4 by the top seed and Olympic champion, who advances to the semi-finals
Emma Raducanu is out of Queen’s Club after falling to a 6-2 6-4 defeat to the Olympic champion and top seed Qinwen Zheng.
The new British No 1 squandered a double-break advantage in the second set as Zheng six of the final seven games to book her place in the semi-finals.
Raducanu received off-court treatment on her back after dropping the opening set and Zheng briefly struggled with her serve following the restart.
But the Chinese star regained her momentum after trailing 3-0 and then 4-1, and producing an impressive response to subdue Raducanu and advance.
Earlier, Madison Keys defeated Diana Shnaider in three sets and Tatjana Maria upset former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in two.
Emma Navarro faces Amanda Anisimova in an all-American clash to conclude the quarter-finals.
Follow all the tennis scores and latest action from Queen’s Club below.
*Emma Raducanu 2-3 Zheng Qinwen - Zheng holds
Zheng double-faults up 40-0 and then Raducanu crunches a forehand into her feet to stay alive in this game. Alert return from Raducanu but Zheng replies with a brilliant forehand winner. That set up right in the hitting zone.
Emma Raducanu 2-2 Zheng Qinwen* - Raducanu holds
Another break point saved by Raducanu as Zheng can’t keep the backhand down.
Big serve out wide from Raducanu! Zheng can only get a racket to it - and it caught the very edge of the line.
Zheng goes into the net on the backhand slice! Raducanu has a big grin as she saves three break points to hold!
Emma Raducanu 1-2 Zheng Qinwen
A double fault from Raducanu on 15-15 is jumped upon by Zheng, who makes sure she gets into the rally on 15-30. There, she gets her reward as after some heavy hitting she wrong-foots Raducanu with the backhand down the line.
Break point: Raducanu saves the first with the ace out wide. MASSIVE forehand winner from Raducanu! Crunched down the line!
*Emma Raducanu 1-2 Zheng Qinwen - Zheng holds
Zheng finds a brilliant second-serve to push Raducanu into the miss and then holds with a big serve down the middle that Raducanu slices long.
Emma Raducanu 1-1 Zheng Qinwen
Raducanu plays a super point behind an aggressive return, finishing Zheng with a backhand pass down the line. 40-30, but Zheng leaves a window open for Raducanu and she flashes the forehand crosscourt for a winner!
Deuce. Raducanu pushes the forehand long on the run, but then finds another brilliant forehand cross court from deep in a defensive position. It catches the line! We remain on deuce.
Emma Raducanu 1-1 Zheng Qinwen* - Raducanu holds
Raducanu with a double-fault of her own in the opening game, then the new British No 1 steps inside the baseline but pushes her forehand wide of the lines.
ACE from Raducanu to hold and she greets it wide a big yell of COME ON.
*Emma Raducanu 0-1 Zheng Qinwen - Zheng holds
Zheng starts on the back foot with a double fault and backhand error pushed wide.
Her powerful groundstrokes take over in the first couple of baseline rallies but Zheng then nets.
Deuce - but Zheng jumps into a driving forehand winner down the line.
And she holds with an ace out wide - which brings a puff of white chalk.
Emma Raducanu 0-0 Zheng Qinwen*
Zheng won the toss and elected to serve. Here we go...
*denotes next server
Emma Raducanu vs Zheng Qinwen
Zheng is an Olympic champion and World No 5, but her biggest results have come on the hard-courts or clay. In fact, she only claimed her fourth grass-court win in her first match here. Raducanu has a better record on the grass, having reached the fourth round of Wimbledon twice.
This is the first time Raducanu and Zheng have played, as well.
Emma Raducanu vs Zheng Qinwen
Raducanu on facing Zheng Qinwen: “I think she is an amazing player. She’s won so many big tournaments, big matches, she’s a top-10 player in the world.
“It’s a match where I’m not the favourite. But I love playing here at home. I’ve played two matches and I’m feeling good. I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
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