08/06/2013

Lopez and Baker win through to final qualifying round

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Feliciano Lopez and Jamie Baker have won through to the final qualifying round of the men's singles event at the Aegon Championships after victories on Saturday at The Queen's Club.

Lopez, the world No.43, was a late entrant into the tournament, which meant he was forced to go into the qualifying draw.

The Spaniard is the top seed in the qualifying event, and received a bye in round one, before defeating Frank Moser of Germany 6-2, 7-5 in the second round.

Lopez will now meet Wimbledon men's doubles champion Freddie Nielsen in the final round, at 11am on Sunday, after the Dane defeated Irish eighth seed James McGee in qualifying round two.

The British charge was led by Jamie Baker who won both his matches in straight sets on Saturday, beating Prakash Amritraj of India 6-3, 6-4 before winning 7-6(5), 6-4 against Australian second seed and world No.185 James Duckworth in round two.

Baker will now meet Marcelo Melo in round three after the Brazilian defeated Alex Bogdanovic and Amir Weintraub in his first two matches.

The other four players to win through to the final round on Saturday were Nenad Zimonjic, Sam Groth, Ilija Bozoljac and Rohan Bopanna.