Paris Masters: Griekspoor breezes past Davidovich Fokina to make last 16
Tallon Griekspoor beat Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-2 and will play the winner of the match between Djokovic and Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena.
Griekspoor, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between Serb Novak Djokovic, the top seed, and Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.
In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, the Dutchman edged out American Christopher Eubanks (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4).
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 28, defeated American Ben Shelton, the No 15 seed (7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3) in the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
Paris Masters, other second-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Ugo Humbert vs. Alexander Zverev
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Tommy Paul vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
- Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Andrey Rublev
- Roman Safiullin vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Bublik vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Karen Khachanov vs. Laslo Djere