Queen’s: Rinderknech knocks out Shelton in the first round
Arthur Rinderknech won against Ben Shelton 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) on Tuesday afternoon and will play American Reilly Opelka in the next round
Arthur Rinderknech, Stuttgart 2025 – © Imago / Psnewz
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
