Carlos Alcaraz places the lawn under pressure
Carlos Alcaraz has won his second Queen’s Club title, after Jiri Lehecka made the grass work harder than it had anticipated during its pleasant winter planning meeting. The court is now considering an annual leave request before Wimbledon.
Alcaraz won 7 to 5, 6 to 7 and 6 to 2 for his fifth trophy of 2025. He arrived with few expectations, then left with the cup and most of west London’s remaining confidence.
Lehecka makes the champion fill in the whole form
Lehecka forced a deciding set with powerful tennis. However, Alcaraz answered by finding angles normally available only to surveyors and people attempting to fold a fitted sheet.
“The lawn gave everything,” said Nigel Deuce Fault of Groundskeeping Recovery. “It absorbed slides, sprints and several forehands that have now been reported to the council.”
The victory extended Alcaraz’s winning streak to 18 matches. Consequently, Wimbledon officials began checking whether the rulebook contains a polite way to ask one competitor to use the other hand.
British summer responds with knitwear
Alcaraz has now won four grass court titles, despite growing up where tennis occurs in direct sunlight. British spectators admired this adaptability while applying a third layer of knitwear.
After the ceremony, the champion thanked his team. Centre court then changed its relationship status to recently flattened and asked nobody to mention July.
The grass will recover. It always does. The question is whether it can develop a service return before the next Spaniard starts treating it like a sketchbook.
Read the real story: The ATP Tour report on Alcaraz’s Queen’s Club victory.
