Paris Masters: Altmaier books spot in last 16, Ruud out of the ATP Finals race
Daniel Altmaier won against Casper Ruud 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the next round
Daniel Altmaier, Rolex Paris Masters 2025 | © Michtof / PsNewz
German Daniel Altmaier reached the last 16 of Paris Masters by winning against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Paris La Défense Arena on Wednesday.
Casper Ruud, the world No. 11, is now out of the Race for the Top 9 positions that qualify for the ATP Finals. This marks his fourth first-round loss this season.
Altmaier, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller next.
The German, a qualifier, won four matches since Saturday in Paris and defeated American Marcos Giron (6-2, 7-6 (5)) ahead of this victory.
It’s his second Top 10 win this year after defeating No. 4 Fritz in Roland-Garros. It’s also his fourth
ATP Masters 1000 Round of 16 after 2023 Madrid, 2023 Paris and Monte-Carlo earlier this year.
Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (La Défense Arena, hard, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Karen Khachanov vs. Joao Fonseca
- Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Bublik
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Alex De Minaur
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Zizou Bergs vs. Jannik Sinner
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alexandre Muller
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Valentin Vacherot: wednesday
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (12) beat Learner Tien: 6-4, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie beat Carlos Alcaraz (1): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 6-3
