cinch Championships 2024 results and updates

An incredible second day at the cinch championships saw British tennis stars Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Billy Harris steal the headlines as Carlos Alcaraz started his title defense with a straight-sets victory.

Former world number 1 Murray turned back the years in what was his thousandth match at ATP tour level, beating Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought opening battle.

Despite momentum continuing as the Australian headed into the decider, the five-time championship title holder was spurred into an early break as he sprinted into a 3-0 lead. The Briton continued to serve with conviction, compared to Popyrin, whose first serve dropped to just 39%, as Murray secured one of the best wins of his season in an hour and 51 minutes.

Harris – who has built impressive form on the grass so far – eliminated Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of an ATP 500 for the first time.

The wildcard entrant, who is 130 places lower than his Argentinian opponent, made a fast start in west London, dropping a hard-fought opening set. Despite Etcheverry forcing themselves back into the match in the second, Harris regained his composure in the decider. He broke the world number 32 on his fourth break point before parrying three of his own to complete the biggest win of his career by ranking.

The man of the moment, Jack Draper, started his campaign with a straight set win after beating Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-2.

The newly crowned British No.1 broke the Argentine clay court maestro four times to book his place in the second round in just 54 minutes. Draper now sets up a blockbuster encounter against world number 2 Alcaraz on Thursday.

In the meantime, Alcaraz extended his win streak on grass to 13 matches after completing a 6-1, 7-5 victory over world number 23 Francisco Cerundolo.

The Spaniard – playing in his first tournament since winning his third major title at the French Open – took an early lead after winning the opening set in just 30 minutes. However, the Argentinian soon fought his way back into the match in the second inning, beating the three-time Grand Slam champion in his opening service game.

Just when it looked like we were going to a deciding set as Cerundolo stepped to the baseline to serve it out, a late surge from the world number 2 saw him string four games together to book his place in the match . second round.

World number 30 Lorenzo Musetti showed great resilience to fight back to victory against last year’s runners-up Alex de Minaur eventually winning 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. The Italian was broken four times in the opening set by the recently crowned ‘s’Hertogenbosch winner, but quickly found his rhythm in the final two sets to seal the win in two hours and three minutes.

Wins also came for former Rothesay International Eastbourne Taylor Frits, 2023 semi-finalist Sebastian Kordaqualification Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, Matteo Arnaldi, Tommy Paul And Alejandro Tabilo.

However, Dan Evans’ journey at the Queen’s Club was unfortunately cut short after the British No. 3 unfortunately had to retire in his opener against Brandon Nakashima due to injury.