Paris Masters: De Minaur books spot in last 16
Alex De Minaur beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Jack Draper and American Taylor Fritz, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 9 seed, reached the last 16 of Paris Masters by winning against Serb lucky loser Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.
De Minaur, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Jack Draper and American Taylor Fritz, the No 5 seed, next.
The Australian beat Argentinian Mariano Navone (7-5, 6-1) in the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
During the first round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Kecmanovic, ranked No 55, edged out Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5).
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
- Karen Khachanov beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 6-7 (12), 6-1, 6-4
- Holger Rune (13) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-4, 6-2
- 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)