Ward pour Mannarino

10/06 15h46 - Tennis, Queen's

James Ward s’est qualifié pour les quarts de finale au Queen’s.

James Ward et Sam Querrey en étaient restés à un set partout jeudi soir. L’invité britannique a eu le dernier mot (3/6 6/3 6/4) et affrontera le Français Adrian Mannarino dans la journée en quart de finale.

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Ward completes sensational win



British number two James Ward claimed his second scalp at Queen's with a shock third-round defeat of reigning champion Sam Querrey.

Ward, ranked 234 in the world, beat world number 14 Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round and added another famous victory when he came from a set down to stun last year's Queen's winner 3-6 6-3 6-4.

US number three Querrey, a big serving giant of a man ranked 26th in the world, had taken the first set but - spurred on by a partisan crowd - Ward fought back to put two British players in the quarters in West London for the first time in a decade.

"It's been the best week of my career so far," Ward, 24, told Eurosport on Court One afterwards. "These are two guys in the top 30 who have been there for a long time.

"With the crowd behind me it's been unbelievable all week. I tried to make (Querrey) move around the court, he's a big guy and it's difficult on grass.

"I've given up the chocolates and all that stuff and put in a lot of hard work and it's all come together."

The match was started on Thursday evening with the final set played on Friday - Ward must now play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in a quarter-final clash later in the day.

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Britain's Number Two James Ward Knocks Out the Reigning Champion To Reach the Last Eight at Queen's

Britain's number two James Ward pulled off another amazing coup by knocking Sam Querrey, the defending champion, out of the Aegon Championships at Queen's.

And he could even join Andy Murray in the semi-finals - the Scot received a walk-over into the last four when Marin Cilic suddenly pulled out - as he faces a fellow non-seed in the last eight.

Ward's third-round tie resumed on Friday afternoon delicately poised at one set all after bad light had curtailed the previous evening's play.

Ward, the world number 215, had lost the first set 3-6 to the number 13 seed but bounced back to claim the second by a similar score-line.

Rain delayed the match even further before the pair resumed on number one court in bright sunshine to trade service holds for the first six games.

Suddenly Ward, who trains with a cage fighter pal from Argentina, was presented with a break point when a Querrey forehand proved too long - and the journeyman pro moved swiftly to the net to take full advantage.

Querrey looked nonplussed as his inexperienced opponent then followed up with an exemplary service game, holding to love to take a 5-3 lead.

The American responded by holding his own serve but Ward had already seized the initiative and aced his opponent for a match point.

He couldn't take that however and had to save a break point before correctly guessing a Querry lob would drop out.

The Arsenal fan made no mistake with a fine serve to wrap up the biggest victory of his career so far, 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Ward, the son of a London cabbie, had previously dumped number four seed Stanislas Wawrinka out of the competition in the second round.

The 24-year-old will now play another unexpected quarter-finalist - the unseeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. Mannarino beat number 12 seed Juan Martin Del Potro on Thursday.

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Queen's: Ward stoppe Mannarino

Créé le 10/06/2011 - 21:00

C'est terminé pour Adrian Mannarino. Vainqueur jeudi de Gilles Simon et Juan Martin Del Potro, le Francilien s'est incliné en quarts de finale du Queen's contre James Ward (6-2, 6-7, 6-4). Le Britannique, déjà tombeur de Wawrinka et Querrey, affrontera Jo-Wilfried Tsonga en demi-finale samedi.

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