Queen’s: Nakashima makes second round

American Brandon Nakashima reached the second round of the cinch Championships when wildcard Dan Evans retired through injury on Tuesday at Queen’s Club in London.

Nakashima, ranked No 63, led 4-6, 6-3, 0-0 when Evans, ranked No 59, pulled out, seemingly with a knee injury.

The 22-year-old American will face Italian Lorenzo Musetti 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: tuesday
• Ben Shelton vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: tuesday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Billy Harris: tuesday
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-1, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (5) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-1
• Sebastian Korda beat Karen Khachanov: 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Alex De Minaur (2): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Taro Daniel (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Ugo Humbert (8): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• 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 (Q) beat Frances Tiafoe: 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (3) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-1, 6-2