Donna Vekic overcame Britain's Emma Raducanu to become the new women's singles champion at the HSBC Championships at Queen's.

The Croatian lucky loser beat the British No.1 6-0, 7-6(6) in a highly entertaining final on the Andy Murray Arena.

It's Vekic's fifth career WTA title, second on grass, and her first at WTA 500 level.

Vekic was flawless in the opening set - breaking the Briton three times and dropping just one point on her first serve (11/12).

Raducanu showed her fighting spirit in the second and channeled the energy from the crowd to take a 5-2 lead.

The British star had two chances to serve it out, including two set points, but Vekic forced her way back into the set.

Raducanu saved three championship points to force a tie-break, and another at 6-5, only for Vekic to get over the line at the fifth time of asking.

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Doubles

Britain’s Olivia Nicholls and Slovakian partner Tereza Mihalikova were crowned women’s doubles champions at The Queen’s Club after beating Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-5.

This marks the British, Slovakian duo’s second WTA title together and second on grass following their run to the Berlin Open title last year.

Nicholls and Mihalikova served for the title twice but the resilience duo of Fernandez and Siegemund fought back on both occasions to force a second set tie-break. After eight breaks of serve it was the Canadian, German pair who came out on top to force a match-deciding tie-break.

With the pressure mounting, the doubles specialised stayed composed and managed to raise their game when it mattered - opening up a confident 9-4 lead.

An overhead smash from Mihalikova set up five championship points for the doubles specialists before Siegemund fired a backhand wide to secure the title for Nicholls on home soil.

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British No.1 Emma Raducanu will play Donna Vekic in the final of the HSBC Championships this Sunday.

Raducanu battled through two matches to progress to her first WTA 500 final at her home tournament at The Queen's Club.

After knocking out Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 7-5 at the start of the day, Raducanu returned in the evening to defeat sixth seed Iva Jovic 6-2, 6-2.

The Brit is yet to drop a set this week and is looking to win her first WTA title since her US Open run in 2021.

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Lucky loser Vekic progressed to the Queen's final with an impressive 6-1, 6-3 win over British No.3 Katie Boulter.

Vekic only dropped six points behind serve to reach her first tour-level final since the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Coming off the back of her career-best win over world No.2 Elena Rybakina last night, Boulter leaves the HSBC Championships having reached the final four for the first time.

Sunday's final will be a first meeting between Raducanu and Vekic with the match set to start at 13:30.

One of the semi-finals is set for the HSBC Championships, with Britain’s Katie Boulter set to take on Donna Vekic, while Iva Jovic will have to wait to find out her opponent after knocking out second seed Amanda Anisimova.

Emma Raducanu and Kamilla Rakhimova will return to play their quarter-final tomorrow after both picked up second round wins earlier in the day.

Boulter won the biggest match of her career – beating world No.2 and top seed Elena Rybakina 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in two hours and 39 minutes.

The British No.3 saved 12/14 break points in the match to overcome the two-time Grand Slam champion in one of her greatest-ever performances.

In the final four, Boulter will play lucky loser Vekic, who knocked out Marie Bouzkova followed by a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over former world No.1 Karolina Pliskova.

The former Wimbledon semi-finalist and Nottingham champion is into her second WTA 500 semi-final of the season and will be looking to build on her strong history on the grass.

18-year-old Jovic clinched another huge result to see off last year’s runner-up Anisimova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 – her first career top-five victory.

It was a statement performance from the 2025 Lexus Ilkley Open as she continues to build a reputation as one of the tour’s strongest grass court players.

Awaiting her in the semi-finals could be British No.1 Raducanu, who caused an upset of her own earlier in the day – beating seventh seed Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 27 minutes.

Raducanu will need to play twice tomorrow if she wants to reach a career-first grass court final. Standing in her way first of all will be Rakhimova, who beat Britain’s Harriet Dart 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 in the second round.

Doubles: Olivia Nicholls & Tereza Mihalikova into final

Olivia Nicholls and Tereza Mihalikova are into the women's doubles final.

The British, Slovakian pairing knocked out the top seeds Aleksandra Krunic and Anna Danilina 6-4, 6-4 at the start if the day and then returned later to play the semi-finalis.

There, they came back from a set down and saved three match points to defeat Hanyu Guo and Kristina Mladenovic 4-6, 7-5, 12-10.

The rain and poor weather in West London meant that all matches were cancelled on the fourth day at the HSBC Championships.

Emma Raducanu and Sorana Cirstea briefly made it onto the Andy Murray Arena for a warm-up before the rain came back once again.

They will have to play their match tomorrow, alongside Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart in their second round clashes, and top seed Elena Rybakina up against the reigning champion Tatjana Maria.

Meanwhile, Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from the women's doubles with Serena Williams due to a knee injury sustained in her singles match yesterday.

Day three: Jovic, Eala & Anisimova contest second round matches

Opening up Wednesday's action on the Andy Murray Arena was a blockbuster match up between two of the sport's rising stars as America's Iva Jovic came through in straight sets to beat reigning Lexus Birmingham Open champion Alexandra Eala.

Sixth seed Jovic produced a dominant display against Eala as she won 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and 17 minutes on the Andy Murray Arena.

The world No.19 was excellent from the baseline throughout, converting five breaks of serve while losing only four points behind her first serve (21/26) in an impressive all-round performance.

Eala continued to fight until the end, saving a match point at 5-1, but the American remained composed and sealed the win at the second opportunity to book her place in the quarter-finals.

Jovic will take on last year's runner-up Amanda Anisimova who took down Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-3 in her first match of the grass court season.

It was a clinical serving performance from the two-time Grand Slam runner-up, who dropped just nine points on serve throughout the whole match. 

Ansimova also played the pressure points well, fending off the only break point she faced across the match, while breaking the German four times to move into the quarter-finals at The Queen's Club once again.

Karolina Pliskova has moved through to the quarter-finals after Victoria Mboko retired due to injury.

The former world No.1 was serving at 4-3 after taking the first set 6-2 when the Canadian fell on the grass, bringing the match to a premature end.

Mboko is scheduled to play her quarter-finals doubles match with Serena Williams on Thursday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the rain brought the final match of the day between Marie Bouzkova and lucky loser Donna Vekic to an early end. The pair will return to court to finish their match tomorrow where Bouzkova will serve to take the first set to a tie-break. 

British No.1 Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter made winning starts to their HSBC Championships campaigns in front of the home crowd on the Andy Murray Arena.

In the opening match of the day, Raducanu sealed a comfortable 6-0, 6-3 victory over qualifier Anna Blinkova in an hour and four minutes.

The British star lost just six points in a dominant opening set and, despite her opponent's improved level in the second set, broke three times to complete the victory.

It's Raducanu's first tour-level victory since Indian Wells in March, as the former quarter-finalist marches on to face Sorana Cirstea.

World No.18 Cirstea came through a tough battle with Maddison Inglis 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to book a meeting with Raducanu. Their second round clash will be a repeat of the Transylvania Open final earlier this year.

Boulter returned to court on Tuesday to complete her first-round clash against eighth seed and former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez, sealing a comeback 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 victory.

The match was suspended yesterday with Fernandez leading 6-3, 3-3 but it was Boulter who made the faster start when the match resumed. The Brit raised her level and reeled off the final four points in the second set tie-break to level the scoreboard.

Boulter carried that intensity into the decider - breaking immediately to surge into a 4-2 lead. While Fernandez fought back to level at 4-4, Boulter refused to let the match slip and produced a stunning forehand passing shot to seal the decisive break in the 11th game before consolidating to clinch the win over the world No.23.

23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko rounded off the action on the Andy Murray Arena as they teamed up to beat Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in their first round doubles match.

It marked an emphatic return to professional tennis for Williams - who was competing in her first competitive match in almost four years - as the British, Canadian pair recorded a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over the third seeds.

Sixth seed Iva Jovic is safely into the second round as well, defeating Croatian qualifier Antonia Ruzic 6-3, 6-4.

In the next round, she'll face newly-crowned Lexus Birmingham Open champion Alexandra Eala, who extended her win streak to six matches after beating China’s Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-2.

However, British No.4 Francesca Jones lost out in her first round match to Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-2, 6-3.

17-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic lost on her Queen's Club debut to 2024 Wimbledon semi-finalist Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3. 

Raducanu and Boulter later returned to the court for their first round doubles match, where they narrowly lost out to fourth seeds Zhang Shuai and Storm Hunter 6-4, 3-6, 10-5.

After a rainy day in West London, the action finally got underway on the opening day at the HSBC Championships.

Headlining Monday's winners is British wild card Harriet Dart who battled through a testing opener against Liudmila Samsonova, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 48 minutes.

Dart was broken in the final game of the opening set, but showed great resilience to fight back against the world No.35. After levelling the match to a set apiece, the Briton converted three of her eight break point opportunities in the decider to reach the second round where she'll take on fourth seed Belinda Bencic.

Elsewhere, world No.38 Jaqueline Cristian defeated last year’s semi-finalist Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 7-6(4) to earn just her second ever main draw win on the grass.

It was a strong start for Cristian, who was making her debut at The Queen's Club this afternoon. The Romanian won 84% of points behind her first serve (37/44) and found the decisive mini-break in the second set tie-break before punching her ticket to the second round as the 2024 Paris Olympic champion fired a forehand long.

Elsewhere, Karolina Pliskova fought through a testing battle against reigning Lexus Nottingham Open champion McCartney Kessler - winning 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-4.

Kessler fought back from 4-1 down to take the opening set tie-break, but former world No.1 Pliskova responded well - breaking the American five times across the second and third sets to seal victory on Court 1.

Meanwhile, Katie Boulter will return to court tomorrow after her match against former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez was suspended due to daylight. The Brit lost the first set 6-3, but has raised her level in the second, with the scoreboard currently tied at 3-3. 

Qualifying: Brits miss out on main draw

Qualifying is underway at the 206 HSBC Championships with a host of British stars vying for their spot in the main draw. 

After beating former World No.10 Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round, Heather Watson missed out on a main draw slot at the hands of Shuai Zhang who won 6-3, 6-4.

Joining Zhang in the main draw is Anna Blinkova, Polina Kudermetova, Antonia Ruzic and Maddison Inglis.

Reigning champion Tatjana Maria will also be back in the main draw after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 6-3.

Jodie Burrage lost out in the opening round of qualifying 6-1, 6-3 to ninth seed Anna Blinkova while Lily Miyazaki missed out to Maria who won 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

Hannah Klugman came back from a set down but couldn't find the win as she lost out 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to Shuai Zhang.