Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, playing his first match since completing the career Grand Slam at the Australian Open, shook off two set points while defeating France’s Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday in Doha.

Rinderknech had two chances to finish the second set, but the Spaniard won both to force a tiebreaker, which he then won. Alcaraz hadn’t faced a break point in the match until that moment.

All seeded players in action on Tuesday advanced to the second round. No. 5 Andrey Rublev of Russia beat the Netherlands’ Jesper De Jong 6-4, 6-3; No. 7 Karen Khachanov of Russia topped Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; and No. 8 Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic ousted the United States’ Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3.

Belgium’s Zizou Bergs, Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics and Fabian Marozsan, France’s Quentin Halys, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas and China’s Zhizhen Zhang also advanced.

Delray Beach Open

Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic began his title defense with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Italy’s Mattia Bellucci in the first round at Delray Beach, Fla.