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TEN:Demon's Queen's dream shattered in London sunshine

Alex de Minaur's hopes of joining the illustrious Australian roll of honour at the Queen's Club Championships have been dynamited by inspired American Brandon Nakashima.

Top seed de Minaur cut a frustrated figure again on Friday, having surely seen this as his best ever opportunity to win the tournament that's considered second only to Wimbledon in terms of grass-court prestige.

But the world No.6 caught Nakashima on one of his hot days in the London sunshine as the crisp-hitting Californian prevailed 7-5 6-3 in the quarter-final of the historic championships on Andy Murray Arena.

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