Paris Masters: Zverev advances to second round, defeats qualifier Fucsovics
Alexander Zverev edged out Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and American qualifier Marcos Giron in the next round
Alexander Zverev (Gepa/Panoramic)
German Alexander Zverev, the No 10 seed, edged out Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Tuesday.
Zverev has now won 23 out of his last 25 matches against opponents ranked outside the Top 50.
Zverev, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and American qualifier Marcos Giron next.
Paris Masters, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- J.J. Wolf vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
- Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Dusan Lajovic (LL) beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: tuesday
- Dominic Thiem (Q) beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Jordan Thompson (LL): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2
- Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-4, 7-5
- Laslo Djere beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Max Purcell: 6-4, 6-4
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (13) beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5
- Alexander Bublik beat Frances Tiafoe (14): 6-3, 6-4
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-4, 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Ben Shelton (15): 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3
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