Matteo Berrettini moved one step closer to defending his Queen's Club crown and received a marriage proposal into the bargain after a straight-sets win over Botic Van De Zandschulp.
Big-serving Berrettini rolled over the world No 29 from Holland 6-4 6-3 in 90 minutes to reach the final of the cinch Championships. The Italian was then propositioned by an admirer in the stands and said, smiling: “Let me think about it."
Berrettini, runner-up at Wimbledon last year, beat Andy Murray to claim a third grass-court title in Stuttgart last week. He has won his last eight matches on grass and has now become only the fourth man to reach four consecutive finals on the surface, along with Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
"I didn't know that," he said. "It feels nice. Obviously I can't compare myself to those three players - they made history in our sport, but I'm trying to learn from them and hopefully one day I'm going to beat them."
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