Paris Masters: In-form Rune ends Hurkacz’s hopes of reaching ATP Finals

In-form Dane Holger Rune reached the last 16 of Paris Masters by beating Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 10 seed, 7-5, 6-1 at the Accor Arena on Wednesday evening.

Rune, who broke into the world’s top 20 for the first time on Monday at No 18, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, next.

The result means Hurkacz cannot qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, leaving Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz fighting it out for the last two spots.

Rune, who has now won 15 of his last 17 matches, saved three match points in the first round in beating Swiss Stan Wawrinka (4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)).

Hurkacz, ranked No 10, won against French wildcard Adrian Mannarino (7-6 (5), 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
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Tommy Paul vs. Rafael Nadal
• Taylor Fritz vs. Gilles Simon: wednesday
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Fabio Fognini (LL): 6-0, 7-5
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-4, 6-4
• 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 beat John Isner: 6-2, 6-3