Paris Masters: Fils moves into last 16
Arthur Fils won against Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the next round
Frenchman Arthur Fils won against German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.
Fils, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.
The 20-year-old Frenchman defeated Croat Marin Cilic (7-6 (5), 6-4) in the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Struff, ranked No 42, won against Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 16 seed (6-4, 6-2).
Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Ben Shelton
- Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Jack Draper vs. Taylor Fritz
- Alex De Minaur vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (15) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Zizou Bergs vs. Adrian Mannarino: wednesday
- Alexei Popyrin beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (WC) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7)
- Grigor Dimitrov (8) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-7 (9), 6-3, 7-5
- Jordan Thompson beat Casper Ruud (7): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-5, 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)