Queen's 2023 results: Andy Murray loses to Alex de Minaur, Carlos Alcaraz beats Arthur Rinderknech

Five-time singles champion Andy Murray was making his instrumentality to Queen's aft missing past year's lawsuit with an abdominal injury

Andy Murray's instrumentality to Queen's fell level arsenic his 10-match winning streak connected the British writer courts was ended by Australia's Alex de Minaur.

Spanish apical effect Carlos Alcaraz earlier came done a tricky trial to triumph connected his debut astatine the Cinch Championships.

Alcaraz, 20, fought backmost against French fortunate loser Arthur Rinderknech to triumph 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7-3) successful the archetypal round.

British fig 5 Liam Broady, ranked 143rd, mislaid 1-6 6-4 6-3 to France's satellite fig 46 Adrian Mannarino.

Broady looked connected people for his champion triumph by ranking of the play earlier the experienced Mannarino fought back.

In opposition to Alcaraz, Danish 2nd effect Holger Rune had a smoother commencement to his grass-court play with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) triumph implicit American satellite fig 42 Maxime Cressy.

Rune, 20, volition look British wildcard Ryan Peniston, who bushed the Dane astatine Eastbourne past year, next.

I'll support improving connected grass, warns Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz is playing successful his archetypal grass-court tourney extracurricular of Wimbledon

While Alcaraz has already won a Grand Slam title, topped the satellite rankings and been 1 of the ascendant players connected the ATP Tour this year, the Spaniard is inactive inexperienced connected writer courts.

The US Open champion and caller French Open semi-finalist is playing lone the 3rd grass-court lawsuit of his elder career.

He had lone ever played astatine Wimbledon successful 2021 and 2022 earlier facing Rinderknech, who was a precocious replacement for the injured Arthur Fils.

Before his opening lucifer astatine Queen's Alcaraz spoke astir needing to amended his question connected the surface, but besides believed his all-round crippled - aggression from the baseline, complemented by deft manus skills astatine the nett - could pb to occurrence successful London this summer.

Initially Alcaraz struggled for fluency arsenic Rinderknech's almighty service and groundstrokes caused him issues.

But his question improved arsenic the lucifer wore on, allowing him to amusement flashes of his undoubted shot-making ability.

"It was truly hard for maine astatine the opening to accommodate my tennis and my crippled to the grass," said Alcaraz, who volition play Jiri Lehecka successful the 2nd circular aft the Czech bushed Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

"It has been a bully commencement for me. I consciousness truly bully but I volition beryllium amended successful the adjacent round."

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