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Francisco Cerundolo lost the opener in a tiebreak and won the next two to take the trophy, the same script he authored in Saturday's semifinal — drop set one, then reverse it on the back of timely breaks. Tommy Paul had the early edge after edging a tight first set, but the match turned on serve in the back two, with Cerundolo breaking through for 6-4 and 6-3 to close it out.
The runner-up finish caps a strong grass week for Paul, who arrived at the final without dropping a set on his side of the draw. For Cerundolo, it's the bigger headline: a clay-court specialist by reputation converting a deep run on grass into a title, having opened the tournament with a 6-0 first set against Brooksby and never lost more than one set in a match all week.
Two semifinals, two different routes to the same Sunday stage at Queen's Club. Francisco Cerundolo dropped the opener in a tiebreak but reversed it on the legs of two breaks across the last two sets, denying Brandon Nakashima a second straight scalp after the American's quarterfinal ouster of the top seed. Nakashima had the early edge — the only set he'd win — but couldn't hold the line once Cerundolo found the return.
Tommy Paul had the cleaner afternoon, handling Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-3 without surrendering a set. The mirrored scorelines tell the story: no break of serve survived the back third of either set, and Humbert never manufactured the pressure to drag Paul into a decider. Paul-Cerundolo for the title.
The top seed didn't survive Day 5: Brandon Nakashima took out Alex De Minaur 7-5, 6-3, the only quarterfinal that went against the higher-ranked man and the one that reshapes the semifinal math at Queen's Club. The other three quarters held to form. Tommy Paul edged Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straights, needing a second-set tiebreak to close it out, while Francisco Cerundolo was pushed to three by home wildcard Arthur Fery, dropping the middle set 6-3 before recovering for the win.
Ugo Humbert had the busiest day of anyone — two matches. He survived a back-loaded three-tiebreak Round of 16 against Hamad Medjedovic before turning around and routing Rinky Hijikata 6-1, 6-2, the day's lone seed to fall, in the quarters.
The only seed to bend on Day 4 didn't break: Rinky Hijikata dropped the opener but outlasted Jiri Lehecka across three sets, closing a tight third in a tiebreak after winning the second 7-5. It's the lone result that shifted the bracket's seeding math, and Hijikata did it the hard way — two of the three sets settled by a single break or a breaker.
The rest of the Round of 16 ran to form. Tommy Paul needed an opening-set tiebreak before pulling away from Botic Van De Zandschulp, taking the second 6-3. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was the cleanest of the day, never surrendering a set in his 6-4, 6-3 win over Corentin Moutet to book the quarterfinals.
The Round of 16 at Queen's Club produced four straight-sets results and zero seismic shifts, but Francisco Cerundolo made the loudest statement: a 6-0, 6-4 dismissal of Jenson Brooksby, with the opening-set bagel doing the heavy lifting on a surface that rarely rewards that kind of margin. Jenson Brooksby never found a foothold.
Alex De Minaur was nearly as ruthless after a tight start, tightening the screws on Denis Shapovalov to take the second set 6-1. The day's one bit of drama came from home hope Arthur Fery, who edged Adrian Mannarino in a first-set tiebreak before closing out 6-4. Brandon Nakashima rounded out the quarterfinal field with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ignacio Buse.