Carlos Alcaraz edged Jiri Lehecka to win a second Queen’s Club title, which has proved to be excellent preparation as he looks to win Wimbledon for the third time.

The world No 2 won in three sets, 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-2.

Alcaraz came through a highly-competitive first set where he was able to break the Czech late on before going on to serve out for the lead.

Lehecka, who beat an ailing Jack Draper in the semi-final, did not let his head drop, and went toe-to-toe with the Spaniard in a second set with no break-point chances for either player until the tie-break.

The pair traded mini-breaks until Lehecka broke for a narrow lead, levelling the match on his first set-point.

However Alcaraz was the first to break after the first changeover in the decider, and kept ahead before breaking for the title.

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