Paris Masters: In-form Khachanov edges out Popyrin to move into quarter-finals

Karen Khachanov moved into the quarter-finals of Paris Masters by defeating Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Accor Arena.

The Russian continues his fine run of form in recent weeks that has seen his clinch an eighth career title in Almaty before reaching the final in Vienna.

He has now reached the last eight of a tournament he surprisingly won in 2018, beating big-serving home hope Mpetshi Perricard en route before taking out Popyrin.

Khachanov, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, and French wildcard Arthur Rinderknech next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Russian edged out Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) and French wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-7 (12), 6-1, 6-4).

Popyrin, ranked No 24, won against Italian Matteo Berrettini (7-5, 7-6 (2)) and edged out Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed (6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)) in the previous rounds of the Paris-Bercy tournament.

Paris Masters 1000, other last-16 results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Ugo Humbert vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Holger Rune
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
• Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Adrian Mannarino (WC): 7-5, 7-6 (5)