Paris Masters: Hurkacz comfortable against Cerundolo, moves into the quarter-finals

Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 11 seed, defeated Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena.

Hurkacz, ranked No 11, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next.

The Pole won against American Sebastian Korda (6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3) and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (6-3, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Cerundolo, ranked No 21, edged out Frenchman Gael Monfils (4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5) and beat Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed (7-5, 6-4).

Paris Masters, other last-16 results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Daniel Altmaier vs. Holger Rune
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Alex De Minaur w/o Jannik Sinner
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev: thursday
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Alexander Bublik: 6-2, 6-2