Queen’s: Dane Rune edges out Cressy for first ever grass-court victory
Holger Rune defeated Maxime Cressy 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) on Tuesday afternoon and will face wildcard Ryan Peniston in the next round
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Dane Holger Rune, the second seed, moved into the second round of the Queen’s by beating American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) at Queen’s Club in London on Tuesday.
Rune, ranked No 6, will face wildcard Ryan Peniston next.
Cressy led 5-2 in the opening set before a series of double faults allowed Rune back into the match and in the second-set tiebreak, the American double-faulted on match point as the 20-year-old secured the win.
A Queen’s Club debut to remember 💫🌱@holgerrune2003 secures his first career win on grass, defeating Cressy 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in London!@QueensTennis | #cinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/KAqz8hi0JC
— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 20, 2023
London ATP500, other first-round results (Queen’s Club, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Taylor Fritz
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Alex De Minaur vs. Andy Murray
- Jordan Thompson vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Liam Broady: tuesday
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: tuesday
- Francisco Cerundolo (8) beat Tommy Paul (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (6) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Diego Schwartzman beat Mackenzie McDonald (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda beat Daniel Evans: 6-4, 7-5
- Ben Shelton beat J.J. Wolf (LL): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Cameron Norrie (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Ryan Peniston beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-2
