Overview
- Paul advanced to the Queen’s Club quarter-finals on Friday without dropping a set, extending his winning streak at the tournament to seven matches with straight-set wins over Zachary Svajda and Botic van de Zandschulp.
- He will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the last eight, a match that follows Paul’s return to the event after missing the 2025 edition through injury and winning the title in 2024.
- Paul said grass suits his game because the ball stays in the strike zone longer, it helps his serve and return, and it lets him swing more freely, a view supported by his 27-14 career record on grass (about a 65.9% win rate).
- In mixed-zone comments to Tennis365 he urged a longer grass season and proposed adding an ATP/WTA Masters 1000 event on grass, noting that grass is currently the only surface without a 1000-level tournament.
- The grass swing lasts roughly a month between Roland Garros and Wimbledon, so adding a grass Masters 1000 would require major calendar changes with clear effects on player scheduling, preparation and the balance of surfaces on tour.