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Alcaraz plays a serve-and-volley and forces Rinderknech to push his shot just long. 6-1 Alcaraz and five match points.

The Frenchman saves both on his serves and we have 6-3 Alcaraz.

Match! Alcaraz gets his first win of the grass season as he hits a forehand winner past the Frenchman.

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Rinderknech will start on serve.

Point! An insane first point ends in a sliding Alcaraz flicking a forehand winner cross court. The 20-year-old does have some magic to say the least. 1-0 Alcaraz

Alcaraz follows the point up with a great drop shot that Rinderknech just can’t get to. 2-0 Alcaraz.

Not this time! Alcaraz’s drop shot comes up well short and we are back on serve. Alcaraz 2-1

Point! The level has been insane in this tie- break with Alcaraz following up a brilliant lob with a forehand winner. 3-1 Alcaraz

Rinderknech can’t force the drop shot over the net and he has lost any control. 4-1 Alcaraz

Unlucky, Rinderknech’s return hits the net and can’t quite make it over. 5-1 Alcaraz

A long rally ends in an Alcaraz shank and it’s 0-15.

The Spaniard moves Rinderknech around well and forces the forehand miss. 15-15

Alcaraz’s serve out wide just clips the line and Rinderknech is sat watching. 30-15

40-15, A great second serve kicks high out wide and Rinderknech shanks it into the ground.

Rinderknech can’t return the serve and we are headed to a deciding set tie-break.

A Rinderknech return luckily drops on the baseline but he wastes the opportunity with a poor missed drop shot. 15-0

Alcaraz fires a forehand winner down the line to make it 30-0.

Alcaraz provides a great backhand slice that Rinderknech doesn’t even run for. 5-5

The net gets in Rinderknech’s way and the ball sails out. Unfortunate, but 0-15.

Alcaraz sails a backhand volley long. He would probably like to get the approach back. 15-15.

Another game of cat and mouse at the net between the two sees the game go to 30-15.

After firing a return long, Alcaraz finds his range and slaps a forehand return winner. 40-30.

Rinderknech fires a serve down the tee forcing a missed return. 6-5 and we may be on to a third set tiebreak.

Rinderknech plays a great first point and ends it with a slashing forehand volley. 0-15

The Frenchman plays a very similar point but can’t finish the volley this time. 15-15.

Alcaraz has the advantage in the point but fires his forehand long from the service tee. 15-30

Shot! An insane pick up at the net from Alcaraz right when he needed it most. This could be a point to look back to. 30-30

Alcaraz shows soft hands and plays a great drop shot that Rinderknech can’t quite get to. 40-30

The Spaniard finishes the game in style with a beautiful and thunderous backhand winner down the line. 4-4

A serve-and-volley and missed return sees Rinderknech storm off to 30-0.

Rinderknech would like that one back as he clips a backhand volley into the net. 30-15

Two straight errors as the Frenchman slaps a forehand wide this time. 30-30

Rinderknech moves around the return awkwardly and can’t quite find his slice. Three straight from Alcaraz and break point. 30-40

Cool as a cucumber, Rinderknech fires an ace down the tee and we have deuce.

Two more great serves at deuces and Rinderknech takes the game. 5-4

Rinderknech starts the game off with a beautiful backhand pass. 0-15

30-15, two missed returns from Rinderknech give Alcaraz control.

40-15, Rinderknech fires a forehand long off the slice from Alcaraz.

The second serve to the body ties up Rinderknech and we are all even at 3-3 in the third.

A great forehand down the line from Alcaraz leads to a looping volley from Rinderknech that the Spaniard takes care of. 0-15

0-30, Alcaraz casually slaps a forehand return right by Rinderknech who can simply watch.

Rinderknech follows this up with an ace and big serve that Alcaraz can’t quite return. 30-30.

Another great backhand return from Alcaraz gives the Spaniard another break point. 30-40

Rinderknech comes up clutch as he provides a backhand down the line to force an Alcaraz error. Deuce.

Deuce again. Faced with advantage Rinderknech, Alcaraz is forced to the net via a drop shot and plays a beautiful ball down the line.

Game Rinderknech! The Frenchman bypasses a break point and stays ahead at 4-3 in the third.

Alcaraz starts the game off with an ace and fiery forehand winner cross court. 30-0

An uncharacteristic miss from Alcaraz as he had the whole court for his volley but he finds the net. 30-15.

40-15, A great point between the two players ends in a Rinderknech shot going just a few centimeters wide.

Game! Alcaraz plays his service game with some flair as he ends it with a backhand volley winner off his serve.

30-0, Rinderknech does extraordinarily well to get to two volleys at the net and ends the point with a smash while falling back. The Frenchman has shown great skills at the net throughout this match.

3-2, Rinderknech holds to love.

Rinderknech reads the Alcaraz lob and starts the set off with a smash winner. 15-0.

Two points at the net see one point go to each man. Alcaraz looking a lot sharper here. 15-30

Alcaraz rips the return which leads Rinderknech to make a tough pick up, Alcaraz then uses his forehand to fire back a winner. 15-40., two break points.

Rinderknech saves both as Alcaraz misses two backhand returns. Deuce.

The serve of Rinderknech bails him out as he doesn’t have to do much to win the game. 1-0

15-15, Rinderknech plays a beautiful slice drop shot that Alcaraz has no chance to do damage with.

15-30, Alcaraz sees a forehand return fire right back at him that he can’t quite pick up.

15-40, Alcaraz in some trouble as his attempt to serve-and-volley goes awry. Two break points.

A good rally that Rinderknech seemed to control ends with the Frenchman committing an unforced error. One more chance.

Break! Rinderknech plays a great backhand as Alcaraz runs to the net and forces the Spaniard to miss. 2-0

15-15, Alcaraz plays a ridiculous shot deep that forces a tweener from Rinderknech which Alcaraz puts away.

15-30, A great Alcaraz return forces a moving Rinderknech to miss.

30-30, Alcaraz has an opportunity for an open forehand cross court but just can’t execute. He’ll regret that one.

Another great return forces a Rinderknech miss at the net. Break point Alcaraz.

Break! Alcaraz forces a break back as he somehow returns Rinderknech’s serve and the Frenchman fires the backhand long.

Alcaraz executes the serve-and-volley perfectly. 15-0.

RInderknech plays a great whipped backhand cross court that stumps Alcaraz at the net. 15-15.

30-15, Both players play a drop shot but Rinderknech’s second falls short at the net.

40-15, After a tasty forehand Alcaraz moves to the net and hits a pretty volley winner. Two set points upcoming.

Alcaraz squanders both chances as he hits a forehand into the net to go to deuce.

A beautiful drop shot slips up Rinderknech and we have another set point for Alcaraz.

Set! A great rally ends in Alcaraz hitting a backhand cross court winner. Alcaraz really turned it on late in this set and we have a third set on the way!

Rinderknech plays a great point where he ends up yet again with a winner at the net. 0-15

Huge! Alcaraz wins a much needed point as he picks up a Rinderknech forehand beautifully. 15-15

40-15, a second serve ace fools Rinderknech and leads to a big fall. The Frenchman appears to be a bit shaken up but he is up and stretching it off.

5-5, Alcaraz fires a serve out wide and after ten games we have ten holds in this second set.

A little rally at the net ends in Alcaraz guessing correctly and putting the volley away. 0-15

Alcaraz gets a needed big return and fires a cross court backhand winner to follow it up. 0-30

Wow, the pressure may have gotten to Rinderknech as he fires a short forehand miles out. Three break points for Alcaraz.

Shot! Rinderknech saves the first, but can’t save the second, as Alcaraz whips a beautiful forehand down the line. 6-5 Alcaraz.