{"id":733950,"date":"2026-06-13T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733950\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:02:10","slug":"tennis-wta-queens-2026-emma-raducanu-bids-to-join-katie-boulter-in-the-semi-finals-as-queens-club-plays-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733950\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | WTA Queens 2026 | Emma Raducanu bids to join Katie Boulter in the semi-finals as Queen\u2019s Club plays catch-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ros SatarEmma Raducanu v Kamilla Rakhimova [LL]Katie Boulter [WC] v Donna Vekic [LL]LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 Emma Raducanu could potentially play twice as she first bids to join Katie Boulter in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu v Kamilla Rakhimova [LL] | H2H &amp; Match FundamentalsEmma Raducanu v Kamilla Rakhimova [LL]H2H: First MeetingWTA Queen\u2019s ClubUKGrassPrize Money: $53,135First on Andy Murray Arena at 12:30amBBC 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britwatchsports.com\/emma-raducanu-gbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emma Raducanu<\/a> faces a potential double-header as she starts the day\u2019s proceedings with her quarter-final that was carried over, as the schedule at Queen\u2019s Club plays catch-up. The rain could put a lot of pressure on Raducanu\u2019s stamina as she bids to join Katie Boulter in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>She faces lucky loser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=KamillaRakhimova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kamilla Rakhimova<\/a>, who put paid to <a href=\"https:\/\/britwatchsports.com\/harriet-dart-gbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Harriet Dart<\/a>\u2019s campaign, and is enjoying a free hit at the moment. Neither player has had a remarkable year to this point so it feels like an even ground, going into the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no doubt that the crowd will play a huge part for Raducanu but Rakhimova will be no pushover, having come through the qualifying rounds already and as always with Raducanu, the deeper she goes in a tournament, the more the concern as to whether she will just run out of steam at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Raducanu in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Katie Boulter [WC] v Donna Vekic [LL] | H2H &amp; Match FundamentalsKatie Boulter [WC] v Donna Vekic [LL]H2H: Rybakina leads 1-0WTA Queen\u2019s ClubUKGrassPrize Money: $104,770Second on Andy Murray Arena, not before 1:30pm BSTBBC 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online<\/p>\n<p>It was a remarkable win for <a href=\"https:\/\/britwatchsports.com\/katie-boulter-gbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Katie Boulter<\/a> against former Wimbledon champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=ElenaRybakina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elena Rybakina<\/a> \u2013 and the Brit does what she does best in backing herself against the odds. She will face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=DonnaVekic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donna Vekic<\/a>, who is no slouch on grass, despite making it this far as a lucky loser.<\/p>\n<p>Vekic had to pull double-duty after a washout on Thursday, with Vekic having started her first match of the day on Wednesday. She had to go the distance against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=KarolinaPliskova\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Karolina Pliskova<\/a> to book her spot in the last four.<\/p>\n<p>Boulter should use both the momentum of a landmark win, and the British crowd to get her over the line and into her first WTA 500 final since winning the title in San Diego. Vekic is a tricky character on grass so it will be key to see how fatigued she might feel after two matches in one day.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Boulter in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow WTA Queen\u2019s ClubTVBBC 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport OnlineLive Stream\/Reporting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ros SatarEmma Raducanu v Kamilla Rakhimova [LL]Katie Boulter [WC] v Donna Vekic [LL]LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 Emma Raducanu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,3270,23040,82,593,263955],"class_list":["post-733950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-katie-boulter","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta-queens-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}