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

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