Queen’s: Mpetshi Perricard beats Shelton to book spot in second round
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday evening and will face wildcard Billy Harris in the next round
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – Imago / Panoramic
French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard moved into the second round of the cinch Championships by beating American Ben Shelton, the No 6 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (3) at Queen’s Club in London.
Mpetshi Perricard, ranked No 67, will face wildcard Billy Harris 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
- Brandon Nakashima beat Daniel Evans (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 0-0 ret.
- Billy Harris beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- 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
