Wimbledon champion Alcaraz knocked out of Queen’s in last 16

LONDON: Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock defeat to Britain´s Jack Draper in the last 16 of the Queen´s Club tournament in London on Thursday.

Spaniard Alcaraz, also the reigning Queen´s champion, fell 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 with the British number one claiming the biggest win of his career. World number two Alcaraz arrived for this grass-court warm-up event for Wimbledon fresh from his French Open triumph on the clay of Roland Garros.

But the 21-year-old was undone by Draper, 22, who is bidding to become the first British men´s singles champion at Queen´s since Andy Murray won his fifth title at the event in 2016.

“It was a really tough match I knew coming out here that Carlos is the defending champion, he won Wimbledon, he´s an amazing talent,” said 31st-ranked Draper, who won his first ATP title in Stuttgart last week. “I knew I had to come out here and play really well, and luckily I did that.”