Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya made a great escape against Brian Baker and Denis Istomin in the Gerry Weber Open quarter-finals on Thursday. The second seeds faced match point at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break, but swept the next three points to prevail 6-2, 2-6, 11/9 in 67 minutes.

In the semi-finals, Kubot/Peya will face fourth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-3, 7-6(1). Kontinen/Peers fired seven aces, won 82 per cent of first serve points and dropped serve just once.

Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram topped wild cards Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev 6-4, 6-2. The Zverev brothers fought off five break points, but dropped serve three times to succumb in 56 minutes.

Rain Halts Doubles Play At Queen’s

Inclement weather forced the postponement of all four doubles matches scheduled at the Aegon Championships on Thursday. Third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau were up 6-2, 2-1 against Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming when play was suspended.

Fabio Fognini wed former WTA player Flavia Pennetta on 11 June 2016 in Ostuni, Italy.

Among the guests were Boris Becker, Fognini’s compatriot Simone Bolelli, as well as WTA stars Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci and Francesca Schiavone.

Fognini’s sister, Fulvia, tweeted this photo after the nuptials:

W GLI SPOSI pic.twitter.com/FdAikH1QDQ

— Fulvia Fognini (@Fulvia_Fognini) June 11, 2016

John Isner fired a Queen’s Club record 43 aces in a 3-6, 7-6(16), 7-6(7) loss to Gilles Muller in their second-round match Thursday at the Aegon Championships. Muller held the previous main draw record, hitting 37 last year in a three-set, first-round win over Mikhail Youzhny.

The 43 aces was the second-most in a best-of-three sets match since the ATP began keeping match statistics in 1991. Last year in the Halle quarter-finals, Ivo Karlovic hit 45 aces in a three-sets win over Tomas Berdych.

Isner and Muller’s combined 69 aces during the match was the most in an ATP World Tour best-of-three match (since 1991). The previous most was 65 aces last year in the Queen’s Club second round with Isner (36) and Feliciano Lopez (29).

Muller, a finalist last week at the Ricoh Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Mahut), saved 10 match points – six in the second set, four in the third set. Isner had two match points on his serve at 13-12 in the second set tie-break and at 6-5 in third set TB.

The 10 match points saved was the most on the ATP World Tour since 2004, when Rainer Schuettler fought off the same number in a 3-6, 7-6(13), 6-0 win over Andreas Seppi in the Kitzbuhel second round.

The 18-16 tie-break was the longest at the Queen’s Club since the semi-finals in 1997 when Goran Ivanisevic defeated Greg Rusedski 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(18). It was the longest tie-break on the ATP World Tour this season. There was an 18-16 tie-break in a Davis Cup tie in March, when Mirza Basic came back to defeat Malek Jaziri 5-7, 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(16), 6-4.

Four-time champion Andy Murray booked his spot in the Aegon Championships quarter-finals on Thursday by beating Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4 in 84 minutes. It was the 18th all-British match contested at The Queen’s Club since 1977. Murray is now 27-5 lifetime at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament.

Murray will next play Kyle Edmund, who reached his second ATP World Tour quarter-final without hitting a ball when his opponent, Paul-Henri Mathieu, withdrew prior to their match due to a wrist injury. Edmund, who is part of the ATP’s Next Generation, also reached the last eight at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open (l. to Berdych) in January.

Gilles Muller saved 10 match points to beat seventh seed John Isner 6-3, 6-7(16), 7-6(7), in a match often contested in light drizzle, over two hours and 25 minutes. Isner struck 43 aces, won 86 per cent of his first service points and saved all five break points he faced. Muller hit 26 aces, winning 79 per cent of his first serves.

The second-set tie-break featured the longest singles main draw tie-break at The Queen’s Club since Goran Ivanisevic beat Greg Rusedski 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(18) in the 1997 semi-finals. The longest tie-break since 1997 had been James Ward beating Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-7(14), 6-4 in the 2011 quarter-finals.

Rain delayed the start of play on outside courts at The Queen’s Club by 30 minutes. Murray began his match against Bedene 70 minutes later than scheduled.