Paris Masters: Altmaier defeats home hope Fils, through to third round after Fritz withdrawal
Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Daniel Altmaier in Vienna in 2023 (Gepa/Panoramic)
German Daniel Altmaier advanced to the second round of Paris Masters by winning against Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 at the Accor Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
Altmaier, ranked No 54, gets a bye as Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, has withdrawn from the tournament.
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: tuesday
- J.J. Wolf vs. Mackenzie McDonald: tuesday
- Hubert Hurkacz (11) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (10) beat Marton Fucsovics (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Dusan Lajovic (LL) beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- 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 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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