Tommy Paul reached the Queens men's final with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ugo Humbert, and he will play Francisco Cerundolo on Sunday for the title. Paul won Queen's in 2024, then missed the tournament last year with injury, so this run returns him to a stage he had not reached again since that title.
Paul controls Humbert
The scoreline was clean. Paul took the semi-final in straight sets and kept the pressure on Humbert from start to finish, moving through without the kind of long stretch that can swing a grass-court match.
That result settled one half of the final lineup at Queen's and set up a meeting with Cerundolo, who had already booked his place earlier in the day. For a player who lifted the trophy in 2024, the match carried more than a place in the final; it brought him back into the championship round after last year's absence.
Cerundolo joins Sunday
Cerundolo beat Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final, recovering after dropping the opening set tiebreak. He had also beaten Arthur Fery 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in two hours and 39 minutes in London, a route that shows he has already handled a three-set test in the same week.
He arrived as the world number 27 and then got past Nakashima after the American had beaten top seed Alex de Minaur in straight sets. That is the shape of the final now: Paul, the former Queen's champion, against a player who has already beaten one seed and survived another three-set fight.
Queen's doubles race
The men's doubles semi-finals also featured Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara against Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison. That match ran on the same day the singles final was taking shape, but the headline was the same: Paul and Cerundolo were the players who moved one round closer to the title.
For Paul, Sunday offers a direct chance to add another Queen's crown after the 2024 win. For Humbert, the loss ends the run in a straight-sets semi-final, and for the tournament it leaves the final with two players who earned it through different routes but with the same target now in front of them.
