Shapovalov edges Francisco Cerundolo in three to reach second round at Paris Masters

Canadian Denis Shapovalov moved into the second round of Paris Masters by edging out Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 at the Accor Arena on Tuesday evening.

Shapovalov, ranked No 16, will play No 14 seed Pablo Carreno Busta next.

Shapovalov improves to 33-23 on the season, and 28-15 on hard courts with the win.

The Canadian hammered nine aces and didn’t face a break point across sets two and three.

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

• Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Tommy Paul beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Adrian Mannarino (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Fabio Fognini (LL) beat Arthur Fils (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-3, 6-3
• Jack Draper beat Arthur Rinderknech (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Corentin Moutet (Q) beat Borna Coric: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Daniel Evans beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Gilles Simon (WC) beat Andy Murray: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Lorenzo Sonego (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Jannik Sinner (11): 6-2, 6-3
• Maxime Cressy beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-1
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Marin Čilić (15): 6-4, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-5, 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
• John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4

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