Jack Draper v Jenson Brooksby live: Queen's tennis scores and updates before Carlos Alcaraz returns
Queen's continues today with a blockbuster day of first-round matches as the top three seeds all get their campaigns underway.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz, fresh off winning his fifth grand slam title at the French Open two weeks, opens his grass-court account for the year against fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
He follows home favourite and second seed Jack Draper, who plays the unconventional, crafty Jenson Brooksby second on the Andy Murray Arena.
And third seed Taylor Fritz, fresh off winning a maiden grass-court title in Stuttgart last week, takes on tricky Frenchman Corentin Moutet, last on the show court.
Top-10 players Alex de Minaur and Ben Shelton are also in action, while wildcard Billy Harris plays rising star Gabriel Diallo, and there's an all-British doubles tie on one of the outside courts, as third seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski take on Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie.
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