Queen’s: Arnaldi edges past Humbert to reach second round

Italian Matteo Arnaldi edged out Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 8 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6) to reach the second round of the cinch Championships at Queen’s Club in London.

Arnaldi, ranked No 35, will play Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata next.

London ATP 500, other first-round results (Queen’s Club, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):

• Mariano Navone vs. Jack Draper
• Andy Murray vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Ben Shelton vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Daniel Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Billy Harris
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Sebastian Baez vs. Tommy Paul
• Sebastian Korda vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Alex De Minaur (2): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Milos Raonic beat Cameron Norrie: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9)
• Jordan Thompson beat Holger Rune (7): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata beat Frances Tiafoe: 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (3) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 6-2