Rinky Hijikata vs Jiri Lehecka — R16 — Queen's Club Championships

Ranked #106 to Lehecka's #12, Rinky Hijikata flipped a set deficit by converting 3 of 6 break points to the favourite's 3 of 8 — a 50% return clip against Jiri Lehecka's 38% that decided a match where they split 215 points dead even. The second set was traded blow for blow, four breaks across nine games before Hijikata closed it 7-5. In the third Lehecka hit 87% on first serve and fired seven of his ten aces, but neither man broke, and Hijikata edged the tiebreak 9-7 over 224 minutes to reach the quarterfinals in their first grass meeting.