Paris Masters: Sinner comes from a set down to beat McDonald and reach last 16

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, came from a set down to beat American Mackenzie McDonald 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1 at the Paris Masters in the wee hours of Thursday morning. This was the Italian’s third win over McDonald in as many matches.

Sinner, ranked No 4 in the world and winner of the Vienna Open on Sunday, is through to the last 16 where he will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 13 seed. The Italian has won all his five previous matches against the Australian

This was Sinner’s first ever win at this tournament and it came at 2:34 AM Paris time on Thursday morning.

With titles in Beijing and Vienna interspersed with an early loss in Shanghai, Sinner has now won 13 of his last 14 matches on the tour.

The Italian had received a first round bye in the tournament while McDonald, ranked No 42 in the world, won against qualifier J.J. Wolf (1-6, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round.

Paris Masters, other second-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5,779,335, most recent results first):

• Holger Rune (6) beat Dominic Thiem (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (10) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Casper Ruud (8): 7-5, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur beat Dusan Lajovic (LL): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• 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

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