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And wimbledon top seed. he is making english grass his turf. patrick geary, bbc news. kazakhstan s alexander bublik, meanwhile, defeated andrey rublev in three sets to win the biggest title of his career at the halle open. rublev, who s the world number seven, was looking to become to first player to win atp 500 titles on all three surfaces. but he found bublik, ranked 48th in the world, in fine form ahead of wimbledon, winning only his second tour title. at the women s tournaments, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin sweeping past donna vekic in straight sets. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie break and then went on to win the second set 6 4. it was the latvian s first staight sets win of the tournament.
But he found bublik, ranked 48th in the world, in fine form ahead of wimbledon, winning only his second tour title. at the women s tournaments, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin sweeping past donna vekic in straight sets. while at the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie break and then went on to win the second set 6 4. it was the latvian s first staight sets win of the tournament. she ll now move on to eastbourne. i played five great matches. this was the only match in two sets, thankfully, because it was. i mean, every match was really tough one and but it s a great preparation for wimbledon. and i m really i m really happy with with the way i play. and there are still a couple more things i can do better and then get ready for wimbledon.
And world number one. i started the tournament not really well. as you said, i had to, you know, adapt my movement a little bit on grass to get experience. yeah, but it s been an amazing, amazing week. and in the way with a lot of, you know, a lot of energy. so, atjust 20 years old, alcaraz is king of queens and wimbledon top seed, he is making english grass his turf. patrick geary, bbc news. meanwhile, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin. she swept past donna vekic in straight sets to win her second title of the year. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie break and then went on to win the second set 6 4. it was the latvian s first staight sets win of the tournament. she ll now move on to eastbourne. australia have the upper hand in the womens ashes test at trent bridge.
Again in the doubles final it was hewett, partnered by gordon reid, who came out on top. kazakhstan s alexander bublik defeated andrey rublev in three sets to win the biggest title of his career at the halle open. rublev, who s the world number seven, was looking to become to first player to win atp 500 titles on all three surfaces. but he found bublik, ranked 48th in the world, in fine form ahead of wimbledon, winning only his second ever tour title, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin, beating donna vekic in straight sets to win her second title of the year. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova.