Queen’s: Rinderknech knocks out Shelton in the first round

French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech reached the second round of the Queen’s by defeating American Ben Shelton, the No 6 seed, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) at Queen’s Club in London on Tuesday.

It’s the first victory of his career against a Top 10 player.

Rinderknech, ranked No 80, will play American Reilly Opelka next.

London ATP 500, other first-round results (Queen’s Club, grass, EUR 2.522.220, most recent results first):

• Gabriel Diallo vs. Billy Harris
• Corentin Moutet vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jordan Thompson vs. Jaume Munar
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Adam Walton: tuesday
• Reilly Opelka beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Jack Draper (2) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-3, 6-1
• Alexei Popyrin beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (3)
• Brandon Nakashima beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Alex De Minaur (5): 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald (Q) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4
• Jacob Fearnley beat Alex Bolt (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik (8) beat Cameron Norrie (WC): 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-1
• Holger Rune (4) beat Christopher O’Connell (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Daniel Evans (WC) beat Frances Tiafoe (7): 7-5, 6-2
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Nuno Borges: 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4