Paris Masters: Top seed Alcaraz eases through to last 16, plays Dimitrov next

World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz beat Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday evening.

The Spaniard will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Italian lucky loser Fabio Fognini 6-0, 7-5.

The US Open champion had his left knee taped but didn’t show any obvious signs of discomfort as he wrapped up victory in one hour, 12 minutes.

In the previous round, Nishioka, ranked No 38, won against Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-3, 6-4).

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

• Corentin Moutet vs. Cameron Norrie
• Tommy Paul vs. Rafael Nadal
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Gilles Simon
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Holger Rune
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Fabio Fognini 6-0, 7-5
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Mikael Ymer (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Alex De Minaur beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Daniel Evans: 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Jack Draper: 6-3, 7-5
• 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