Top seed Carlos Alcaraz battles back to beat Arthur Rinderknech at Queen's Club
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz needed a third-set tiebreak to get past French journeyman Arthur Rinderknech at the Queen’s Club Championships on Tuesday.
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Alcaraz made to sweat on Queen's Club debut
LONDON : Carlos Alcaraz secured a hard-fought 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) win over Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech on his Queen's Club debut on Tuesday, bouncing back from a disappointing French Open.
Carlos Alcaraz: Top seed earns comeback win over Arthur Rinderknech on Queen's debut, Holger Rune progresses
Carlos Alcaraz came through a gruelling first-round test at Queen’s against lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech, coming from a set down to win in three. The world No. 2 triumphed 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) in two hours and 34 minutes to edge past a player ranked 81 places below him.
Cameron Norrie kicks off grass-court season with opening win at Queen's against Miomir Kecmanovic
Cameron Norrie started his grass-court season with a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) win over Miomir Kecmanovic to advance to the last 16 at Queen's. Playing his first match since losing in the third round of the French Open, former Queen's runner-up Norrie broke Kecmanovic three times on his way to victory. Ad The British No.
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Defending champion Matteo Berrettini withdraws from Queen's due to abdominal injury - 'I'm really sad'
Defending champion Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from Queen's with an abdominal injury. Berrettini would have been going for a hat-trick of titles at the West London event after also triumphing in 2021, but has suffered an injury-pockmarked 2023, and appears to have a problem in a similar area to the complaint that kept him out of the recent clay-court season. Ad Berrettini returned to action at the Stuttgart Open earlier this month, but lost heavily in his first match against fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego, and looked to be in tears as he left the court.
Alcaraz hopes to quickly adapt to grass after Paris disappointment
Carlos Alcaraz makes his Queen's Club Championships debut this week and the Spaniard knows he has a lot of adjustments to make to his game if he is to be a contender at the grasscourt event and at Wimbledon next month.