Jack Draper beat Brandon Nakashima to advance to the semi-finals of the Queen’s Club championship and guarantee he will be fourth seed at Wimbledon.

It's a significant step for Draper, meaning he'd avoid potential matches with Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner until the semi-finals of his home major later this month.

At Queen's on Friday he defeated the Brandon Nakashima in three sets, 6-4 5-7 6-4.

Nakashima opened the match with a strong service game but soon Draper had him under pressure. He took an early break in the first set and consolidated it with a hold in the next game.

That put him in a commanding position. Nakashima did get two break points in the sixth game but Draper eventually warded off the threat. He finally blasted down an ace to take the first set.

In the second set Nakashima began to serve better, tightening up the contest. He remained composed as he secured two set points against Draper's serve. The Briton defended the first but hit too long on the second as Nakashima took the match to a decider.

Draper seized a break in the seventh game and built on that to take a clear lead in the final set.

Serving for the set, Draper dropped 0-30 behind Nakashima before a hefty ace brought him into the game. The American still exerted pressure on Draper getting two break points to draw level in the deciding set. But pin-point forehand on to the line from Draper defended the first of them and he bellowed with satisfaction as Nakashima struck a return of serve too long to take them to deuce.

Draper got himself to match point for a place in the last four. He raced to the net to send Nakashima scrambling across the court before Draper finished the match off.

The Briton will play Jiri Lehecka in the semi-finals after the Czech brought Jacob Fearnley's Queen's Club run to an end in their quarter-final.

The British No 2 looked heavy-legged in an error-strewn 7-5 6-2 defeat to the Czech world No 30.

Fearnley was scheduled to play the opening match on the Andy Murray Arena despite a gruelling three-setter against Corentin Moutet the day before, followed by a win in the doubles - alongside Cameron Norrie - against Lehecka and Taylor Fritz.

Lehecka got revenge for that defeat by preventing Fearnley from becoming the first British man to reach the semi-finals on his Queen's Club debut in 48 years.

Fearnley coughed up eight double faults in the first set, including three in both the games in which Lehecka broke his serve.

Lehecka struck again for 3-2 in the second after a Fearnley forehand landed a millimetre out and then ran away with the match, wrapping up victory in an hour and 17 minutes.

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