Paris Masters: Rune makes last 16
Holger Rune defeated Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between French lucky loser Arthur Cazaux and American Ben Shelton in the next round
Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Paris Masters by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2 at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.
Rune, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between French lucky loser Arthur Cazaux and American Ben Shelton next.
In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, the 21-year-old Dane beat Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-4, 6-4).
Bublik, ranked No 33, defeated Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini (7-5, 7-5) during the first round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
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: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (15) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 6-4
- Adrian Mannarino (WC) beat Zizou Bergs (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- 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)