Good leave! Alcaraz lets a backhand go over his head with a timely dodge, and sees it drop just out.

Set point.

Ah, he's just too good! Carlos Alcaraz looks like he's about to lob Jaume Munar and then quickly switches up and hits a drop-shot winner.

30-0.

Munar is just about hanging in here. At 30-30 he delivers an ace.

He does the very same thing next point - on his second serve. Not bad.

Oooh, the door opens slightly for Munar at 15-30, but Alcaraz very quickly slams it shut.

He sticks in a few long rallies in the sun, and waits for Munar to panic as the world number 59 hits long a couple of times. Hold to 30.

The crowd like that! Munar manages to squeeze to a hold with more top serving and then finishes things off with a quick forehand down the line.

He turns to his box and pumps his fist, before skipping over to his bench for a cool towel.

Munar isn't playing badly, it's just how do you stop Carlos Alcaraz when he's in full flow?

The world number two goes up 15-30 thanks to a cheeky drop shot, but a couple of mahoosive serves from Munar helps him recover to deuce.

We're rattling through the first set. Alcaraz holds to love after hitting a brutal passing winner down the line.

The run stops. Well done Jaume Munar who gets back on track with a hold to love.

Carlos Alcaraz is on a roll now. Jaume Munar wipes his brow, returning to his mark following another Alcaraz winner.

There's no respite to be found. Next point, same result, as Alcaraz wellies a forehand down the line, right into the corner.

Hold to 15.

Oh, ouch.

Make that three double faults in a row. The first break goes the way of Carlos Alcaraz.

Another brilliant rally is ended by a huge winner from the forehand of Carlos Alcaraz.

Jaume Munar gets himself to 40-15 but that's an unfortunate time to hit back-to-back double faults. Break point...

An off-balance Jaume Munar can't clear the net tape with a forehand, and a nice one-two punch wraps up the hold for Carlos Alcaraz.

That's a gorgeous diving volley from Carlos Alcaraz, a deft touch to a hammer of Jaume Munar forehand to get his first point in his first service game.

Munar gives Alcaraz a thumbs up after an excellent rally that's wrapped up with a thudding forehand winner from the world number two, but Alcaraz can't wriggle out of this game just yet.

A missed swipe from the baseline takes us to deuce.

Wallop. Down comes an ace from Jaume Munar, and Carlos Alcaraz spears a backhand into the net to hand his compatriot a hold.

Some excellent returns from Carlos Alcaraz keep him interested in Jaume Munar's first service game of the match, but a magnificent passing shot as Alcaraz prowls towards the net gives Munar game point.

That's into the net, though, on the forehand, and Munar finds himself at deuce.

Here we go. The Spanish number one against the Spanish number five.

The weather does feel very south of Spain today. I'm roasting at my desk.

French Open winner a couple of weeks ago. The defending Wimbledon champion. A former winner at Queen's.

It's no surprise that Carlos Alcaraz is favourite take this year's Queen's title.

Alcaraz beat Australian Adam Walton 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in the first round.

Jaume Munar may never have entered the world’s top 50 but he is just one of two Spaniards to have beaten Carlos Alcaraz at ATP Tour level – the other being Rafael Nadal.

But that victory on the clay in Marbella was back in 2021 when Alcaraz was just 17 and three months away from winning the first of his 20 titles, which now include five Grand Slams.

Even then Munar realised how good Alcaraz was: "I won the match but I knew he would come to the top," he told ATPTour.com.

"Honestly [today at Queen’s] my chances are low. That’s the reality.

"But if I have to face Carlos, doing it on a surface where he hasn’t had much preparation is the best-case scenario for me."

Gary Rose
BBC Sport at Queen's Club

If you are in the Panama hat business then you are guaranteed to do a roaring trade just outside Queen's. The queue to buy them here was only bested by the queue to get into the tournament venue.

It will be money well spent because it is once again another very sunny and very hot day.

Stick with us. We'll be streaming and live-texting Carlos Alcaraz vs Jaume Munar.

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