Pakistan, June 15 -- Croatia's Donna Vekic resisted a gutsy fightback by Emma Raducanu in front of a partisan crowd to claim the Queen's Club title with a 6-0 7-6(6) win in a high-quality final on Sunday.

Vekic, who got into the main draw as a lucky loser after defeat in qualifying, needed five match points to finally end Raducanu's resistance and win her first title since 2023.

"I'm off to have Pimms," Vekic said as she signed off her on-court interview on a sunny Andy Murray Arena. She thoroughly deserved a sip of the traditional summer tipple after a compelling match that was on a knife edge in a second set full of leg-burning baseline rallies. Raducanu, who reached the final without dropping a set, was given vociferous support throu...