Emma Raducanu vs Qinwen Zheng: Score and latest updates from Queen's
Welcome to our coverage of the women's HSBC Championships quarter-final, live from The Queen's Club, where Emma Raducanu is vying to reach the last-four stage.
Raducanu will have to be at the top her game to get past Qinwen Zheng, the No 1 seed, but she has advanced to the last eight of this first WTA event to be held at Queen's for more than 50 years without dropping a set.
The 22-year-old, who has adjusted seamlessly from clay to grass this week, saw off Rebecca Sramkova 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday and has fared well enough to reclaim her status as British No 1 whatever happens today.
Zheng, also 22, is ranked the fifth-best player in the world and clearly represents Raducanu's most challenging examination to date, yet Raducanu is perhaps better suited to this surface. Raducanu's has won nine and lost five matches on grass since 2022, compared to Zheng's opponent's four and nine.
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