Paris Masters: Khachanov reaches quarter-finals
Karen Khachanov beat Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, and French wildcard Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
Russian Karen Khachanov defeated Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the last 8 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Thursday.
Khachanov, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, and French wildcard Arthur Rinderknech next.
In the previous rounds of the Paris-Bercy tournament, the Russian edged out Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) and French wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-7 (12), 6-1, 6-4).
Popyrin, ranked No 24, won against Italian Matteo Berrettini (7-5, 7-6 (2)) and edged out Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed (6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)) earlier in the tournament.
Paris Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Ugo Humbert vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Holger Rune
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
- Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2
- Jordan Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino (WC): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
