Paris Masters: Humbert sets up Alcaraz clash

Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 15 seed, won against American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.

Humbert, ranked No 18, will face Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.

The Frenchman edged out American Brandon Nakashima (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Giron, ranked No 49, beat Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang (7-6 (6), 7-6 (6)).

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
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Arthur Fils vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: wednesday
• 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 beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-5, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)