In-form Fritz reaches fourth Eastbourne final

Taylor Fritz, the world’s number five, won the tournament’s fourth Eastbourne final, continuing his excellent form in the lead up to Wimbledon.

In a 6-3,3-6,1-6 final against fellow American Jenson Brooksby on Saturday, the defending champion defeated Spanish world number 28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Brooksby, who lost in the second round of qualifying, is hoping to make it on to a fairytale run to Eastbourne.

Ugo Humbert, the fourth seed from France, defeated the world number 149 6-3, 3-7, earlier on Friday, from set down.

One of the favorites for the Wimbledon title is Fritz, who defeated world number three Alexander Zverev in the final of the Stuttgart Open 12 days ago.

On Monday, he will face French world number 36 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who was a quarter-finalist last year.

With the recent victories of three of the previous five editions, Fritz has recently won the Eastbourne men’s singles title.

After bad light had delayed his second-round tie the previous day, he won two matches on Thursday.

In his on-court interview, Fritz stated, “I always feel like things are going to work out for me because they always do for some reason here.”

British duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool defeated Uruguayan-Belgian duo Ariel Behar and Joran Vliegen 6-4 7-6 (7-5) to claim the men’s doubles title at Eastbourne.

It comes just five days after they jointly won the historic Queen’s doubles crown, making it their fifth title since they first met in October, 2024.

Additionally, they advanced to the Netherlands’ Rosmalen Grass Court Championships’ final earlier this month.