Paris Masters: Fritz “devastated” to stop his season by a withdrawal

German Daniel Altmaier moved into the last 16 of Paris Masters after American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, withdrew before the match on Wednesday night at the Accor Arena.

Altmaier, ranked No 54, will face the winner of the match between Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem and Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, next.

“Devastated to have to pull out with so much on the line”, Fritz wrote on X (ex-Twitter). “All I wanted was the chance to fight for my potential Turin spot but after getting scans today on my oblique it’s just not possible for me to play. Time to rehab and hope to be back on court as soon as I can be.”

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
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tommy Paul vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• 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