Alcaraz comes through tricky tests on Queen’s debut

Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz came through a tricky test against French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech to win on his Queen’s Club debut. Alcaraz, 20, is playing only the third grass-court event of his senior career and did not look comfortable in his movement as he lost the first set. 102 ‘distressed’ Nigerians, mostly women, […]

Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz came through a tricky test against French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech to win on his Queen’s Club debut.

Alcaraz, 20, is playing only the third grass-court event of his senior career and did not look comfortable in his movement as he lost the first set.

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But the world number two fought back well to win 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7-3).

While Alcaraz has already won a Grand Slam title, topped the world rankings and been one of the dominant players on the ATP Tour this year, the Spaniard is still inexperienced on grass courts.