Queen’s: Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter crushed in doubles quarter-final | Tennis Information

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter’s run at Queen’s Membership got here to an finish after they have been crushed 6-2 7-5 by Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe.

The British pair have been 5-2 down within the first set when Raducanu supplied up two double faults, which handed her opponents set level with Boulter unable to save lots of Kichenok’s backhand return.

Raducanu and Boulter managed to say a gap maintain within the second set however their struggles towards the event’s No 1 seeds continued to point out.

Raducanu was in a position to rescue two break factors whereas trailing 2-1, however Routliffe and Kichenok wouldn’t be denied as they sealed the essential break to open up the second-set benefit.

Having trailed 4-1, a break for the British duo did arrive to scale back the deficit to 4-3 earlier than they adopted up with a maintain of serve to degree the set.

Then got here the decisive second within the contest as Kichenok and Routliffe salvaged three break factors from 0-40 to carry for 5-4 earlier than changing the third of three match factors two video games later.

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