Queen's: Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter beaten in doubles quarter-final as Sonay Kartal misses out

Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter's run at Queen's Club came to an end after they were beaten 6-2 7-5 by Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe.

The British pair were 5-2 down in the first set when Raducanu offered up two double faults, which handed her opponents set point with Boulter unable to save Kichenok's backhand return.

Raducanu and Boulter managed to claim an opening hold in the second set but their struggles against the tournament's No 1 seeds continued to show.

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Raducanu was able to rescue two break points while trailing 2-1, but Routliffe and Kichenok would not be denied as they sealed the crucial break to open up the second-set advantage.

Having trailed 4-1, a break for the British duo did arrive to reduce the deficit to 4-3 before they followed up with a hold of serve to level the set.

Then came the decisive moment in the contest as Kichenok and Routliffe salvaged three break points from 0-40 to hold for 5-4 before converting the third of three match points two games later.

Kartal beaten by Anisimova in Queen's last 16

Britain's Sonay Kartal suffered a straight-set defeat to American Amanda Anisimova at Queen's as she missed out on the chance to reach the quarter-finals on home turf.

The world No 50 was beaten by the tournament's eighth seed in one hour and five minutes as Anisimova romped to a 6-1 6-3 victory.

On Monday, Kartal won the biggest match of her career when she dismissed world No 16 Daria Kasatkina, which was also her second win over a top-20 player.

However, Kartal was unable to take it one step further in the last 16 against Anisimova, who will face compatriot Emma Navarro in the last eight.

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