Former champ Dimitrov makes rapid start at Queen's Club, Rune falls

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a earned a statement win on Monday at the a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/london/311/overview" target="_blank"cinch Championships/a, where he dispatched World No. 21 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a 6-1, 6-2 in just 63 minutes at the grass-court ATP 500./p

p"I was very happy with the way I started the match. I think I set the bar high and wanted to be steady the whole time," Dimitrov said. "Serve and return I just tried to focus on, they are the fundamentals of this surface. As the match went on I felt more solid and more secure, so I am very happy."/p

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pMannarino has won two tour-level titles on grass and has reached the fourth round at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a twice. The Frenchman was unable to cope with Dimitrovrsquo;s high level in London, though, with the No. 10 player in the PIF ATP Rankings striking 28 winners and committing five unforced errors, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

pDimitrov has fond memories at The Queenrsquo;s Club, having won the title in 2014. The third seed will next meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a overcame Dane a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to earn the third Top 20 grass-court win of his career./p

pThe Australian battled hard throughout his first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Rune to triumph after two hours and six minutes. Thompson won 69 per cent (20/29) of his second-serve points and struck 27 winners to advance./p

pThompson will next play record five-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a or Australian qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a. Thompson ended a five-match losing streak with his win against Rune./p

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pFormer World No. 3 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/milos-raonic/r975/overview'Milos Raonic/a a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/news/raonic-queens-club-2024-best-of-three-aces-record" target="_blank"set the record for most aces in a best-of-three-set ATP Tour match/a, hitting 47 aces in a 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-6(9) victory against home favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a./p

pThe Canadian saved two match points and relied on his serve to battle past the lefty without losing a service game./p

pldquo;Irsquo;m glad that behind that also stands a win because maybe I'd feel differently or maybe a bit more sour if I was to get that many free points and lose the match. So overall, a very positive thing and a fun stat to be proud of.rdquo;/p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a advanced after a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a was forced to retire in the third set due to a right hip injury. Hijikata led the American 7-5, 4-6, 1-0. The Australian qualifier will meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-arnaldi/a0fc/overview'Matteo Arnaldi/a in the second round./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a leads Alejando Davidovich Fokina 7-6(6), 3-6, 2-0, but will need to return Tuesday to complete the match.nbsp;/p

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