Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz came through a tricky test against French lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech to win on his Queen’s Club debut.
Alcaraz, 20, is playing only the third grass-court event of his senior career and did not look comfortable in his movement as he lost the first set.
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British number five Liam Broady, ranked 143rd, lost 1-6 6-4 6-3 to France’s world number 46 Adrian Mannarino.
Broady looked on course for his best win by ranking of the season before the experienced Mannarino fought back.
In contrast to Alcaraz, Danish second seed Holger Rune had a smoother start to his grass-court season with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) win over American world number 42 Maxime Cressy.
Rune, 20, will face British wildcard Ryan Peniston, who beat the Dane at Eastbourne last year, next.
Later on Tuesday, Britain’s Andy Murray starts his bid for a record-extending sixth Queen’s title when he takes on Australian seventh seed Alex de Minaur.
Former world number one Murray, 36, has won back-to-back ATP Challenger titles in Surbiton and Nottingham, but faces a step up in class when he takes on seventh seed De Minaur.
