Carlos Alcaraz tops Arthur Rinderknech in Queen’s Club opener

Carlos Alcaraz came from a set down Tuesday to defeat lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech in the top-seeded player’s first match at the grass-court Queen’s Club Championships.

Alcaraz won 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3) versus the No. 83-ranked Rinderknech, a French player who only found out he was playing following the withdrawal of Arthur Fils a couple of hours before the match.

Alcaraz faced difficulties in dealing with Rinderknech’s big serve and net coverage in what was the No. 2-ranked Spaniard’s seventh career match on grass, and first outside Wimbledon.

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It was Alcaraz’s first match since losing to Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals, after which he went to Spanish party island Ibiza.

Second-seeded Holger Rune beat big-serving American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) for his first grass-court ATP victory, after losing three in the first round last year — including at Wimbledon.

Frances Tiafoe collected his first match as a top-10 player by defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 6-4. Tiafoe is seeded fourth in London after winning the grass-court Stuttgart Open title Sunday to climb to a career-high spot of No. 10 in the rankings. Another American player, third-seeded Taylor Fritz, plays Bernabe Zapata Miralles later.

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