Rolex Paris Masters—Paris, France
Tuesday’s action at the Rolex Paris Masters featured German Alexander Zverev keeping his chances alive to reach the ATP Finals in Turin, defeating Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Needing two hours and 38 minutes to advance, Zverev will next face local favourite Ugo Humbert.
Elsewhere, No. 11 seed Hubert Hurkacz continued his stellar Fall on Tour, ousting Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3.
Recent Swiss Indoors winner Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets and Daniel Altmaier advanced to round there after No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz was forced to withdraw from the event with an abdominal injury.
No. 16 seed Karen Khachanov and Tallon Griekspoor breezed into the third-round.
In the shock of the day, No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz was ousted in straight sets by Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-4. It was the first time that Alcaraz dropped his opening match of an event this season.
Wednesday’s schedule will be highlighted by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
Catch all the action live from Paris this week on Tennis TV.
Get ready for the 2024 Tennis season today, with great tickets to the Australian Open in Melbourne.
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Second-round results:
Roman Safiullin Defeats (2) Carlos Alcaraz 63 64
Daniel Altmaier Defeats (9) Taylor Fritz (W/O)
(16) Karen Khachanov Defeats Laslo Djere 64 75
Tallon Griekspoor Defeats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 62 62
First-round results:
(10) Alexander Zverev Defeats Marton Fucsovics 46 75 64
(11) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats Sebastian Korda 63 67(6) 63
Daniel Altmaier Defeats Arthur Fils 62 64
Felix Auger-Aliassime Defeats Jan-Lennard Struff 76(3) 64
Tomas Martin Etcheverry Defeats Miomir Kecmanovic 46 76(6) 64
Ugo Humbert Defeats Marcos Giron 64 63
Dusan Lajovic Defeats Benjamin Bonzi 75 63
Mackenzie McDonald Defeats J.J. Wolf 16 64 62
Francisco Cerundolo Defeats Gael Monfils 46 76(2) 75
