A pair of top 10 seeds were stunned Monday in the opening round at Wimbledon as No. 8 Holger Rune and No. 9 Daniil Medvedev were ousted in London — and No. 5 Taylor Fritz nearly joined them as curfew arrived.

Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, behind 31 aces, rallied to top Denmark’s Rune 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in three hours and 33 minutes at the All England Club.

Benjamin Bonzi of France defeated Medvedev 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in three hours, seven minutes. The Russian’s 14 aces were undone by 12 double faults.

For Medvedev, the 2021 winner of the U.S. Open, this marks his third straight early exit at a major this season. He lost in the second round to Learner Tien at the Australian Open in January and suffered a first-round defeat to Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in May at the French Open.

“This is special for me today,” Bonzi said on court after the match. “This is my first Top 10 win at a slam. Obviously, it is always special at this tournament. The atmosphere, all the courts and the grass, everything really. I love this place, so it’s very special and Daniil is a great player.”

Fritz rallied from a 5-1 deficit in a fourth-set tiebreak to pull even with France’s Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6). The fourth set ended at 10:18 p.m. local time – 42 minutes before curfew – and Wimbledon officials consulted briefly with the players before announcing the fifth set would be suspended until Tuesday.

“I couldn’t do anything (about it),” Fritz said to his camp after declaring his willingness to continue.

The 21-year-old Mpetschi Perricard, ranked No. 36 in the world, capitalized on his 6-foot-8 frame to pile up 33 aces, but he also stacked up more than 50 unforced errors. He appeared to tweak his leg near the end of the fourth-set tiebreaker.

No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany also had his match suspended due to curfew. France’s Arthur Rinderknech won the first set 7-6 (3), but Zverev saved set point to take the second set 7-6 (8).

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz narrowly avoided the upset bug. The second-seeded Spaniard needed four hours and 37 minutes to complete a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 victory against Italy’s Fabio Fognini, who was making his Wimbledon farewell.

“I don’t know why it’s his last Wimbledon, because with the level he has shown, he can still play three or four more years,” said Alcaraz, who improved to 14-1 in five-setters. “I have to give him credit for such a great match. Fabio is such a great player. He has shown in his whole career the level he has. I’m just a little bit sad that it’s his last Wimbledon, but happy to have shared the court with him.”

The players took the court on a scorching 90-degree day, the hottest opening day recorded at Wimbledon.

That could have taken a toll on No. 24 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was trailing French qualifier Valentin Royer 6-3, 6-2 when the Greek succumbed to a back injury after 74 minutes.

“It’s tough to describe. I’m battling many wars these days,” Tsitsipas said following his retirement. “It’s really painful to see myself in a situation like this. One thing that I absolutely hate doing is retiring or stopping a match, but I’ve never pictured myself being in a situation like this multiple times since the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin a couple of years back.

Four more seeds went down in the first round: No. 16 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, No. 20 Alexei Popyrin of Australia, No. 31 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands and No. 32 Matteo Berrettini of Italy.

Cerundolo took an early lead but was defeated by Portugal’s Nuno Borges 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0. Great Britain’s Arthur Fery handled Popyrin 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Jenson Brooksby took Griekspoor 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 while Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak rallied to upend Berrettini 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Meanwhile, No. 12 seed Frances Tiafoe defeated Elmer Moller of Denmark 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. No. 14 seed Andrey Rublev capitalized on 12 double faults by Serbia’s Laslo Djere to earn a 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 7-6 (6) victory. No. 17 Karen Khachanov of Russia was a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Mackenzie McDonald. No. 23 seed Jiri Lehecka, a Czech, was victorious over Hugo Dellien of Bolivia 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (0).

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime upheld his No. 25 seed with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Australia’s James Duckworth. No. 26 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain secured a 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 win over Brandon Holt.

Norrie, Tien and Ethan Quinn also won in the first round along with Oliver Tarvet and Billy Harris of Great Britain, Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, Adrian Mannarino of France, Mattia Bellucci of Italy, Jordan Thompson of Australia, Brazil’s Joao Fonseca, Lloyd Harris of South Africa, Italy’s Luciano Darderi, Chile’s Cristian Garin.

The match between the Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp and Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi was suspended due to darkness on Court 12. van de Zandschulp carries a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) into Tuesday’s resumption of the match.

–Field Level Media