Paris Masters: Van de Zandschulp upsets Paul in second round

Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp beat American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.

Van de Zandschulp, ranked No 60, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Dutchman won against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (6-4, 7-5).

Paul, ranked No 12, edged out French wildcard Richard Gasquet (0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)) 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):

• Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
• Ugo Humbert vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
• Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Andrey Rublev beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Alexander Bublik beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-3, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 7-5
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-2, 6-2