Paris Masters: Musetti keeps his winning mood, Ruud next

Italian Lorenzo Musetti won against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.

Musetti, ranked No 23, will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the 20-year-old Italian defeated Croat Marin Čilić, the No 15 seed (6-4, 6-4).

Basilashvili, ranked No 106, won against French qualifier Quentin Halys (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round.

Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.415.410, most recent results first):

• Corentin Moutet vs. Cameron Norrie : wednesday in Paris
• Tommy Paul vs. Rafael Nadal: wednesday in Paris
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday in Paris
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Holger Rune: wednesday in Paris
• Taylor Fritz vs. Gilles Simon: wednesday in Paris
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Fabio Fognini: wednesday in Paris
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: wednesday in Paris
• Mikael Ymer vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: wednesday in Paris
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alex De Minaur: wednesday in Paris
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Jack Draper: 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-4, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Daniel Evans: 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (7)
• Novak Djokovic (6) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat John Isner: 6-2, 6-3