Paris Masters: Tsitsipas gets the better of Auger-Aliassime to book spot in last 16

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 7-6 (4) to advance to the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena.

The Greek world No 6 played cleaner, more controlled tennis than his Canadian opponent, who stayed true to his attacking style throughout.

However, there were too many unforced errors coming from the racquet of Auge-Aliassime today, as he struggled to find the same form that took him to the defence of his title in Basel last week.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 6, faces another tricky test in the next round as he will play the winner of the match between the in-form Frenchman Ugo Humbert and ever-resurgent Alexander Zverev, the No 10 seed, for a place in the quarter-finals.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 19, defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff (7-6 (3), 6-4) 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
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur: wednesday
• Hubert Hurkacz (11) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Tommy Paul (12): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Andrey Rublev (5) 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