Paris Masters: Auger-Aliassime makes quarter-finals, stays alive for the ATP Finals

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 9 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of Paris Masters by beating German Daniel Altmaier 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Paris La Défense Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 10, will play Monégasque wildcard Valentin Vacherot next.

The Canadian edged out Frenchman Alexandre Muller (5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)) and won against Argentinian qualifier Francisco Comesana (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament, despite his retirement at Basel for a knee pain, that he’s keeping under control in Paris.

With this win, Auger-Aliassime, current No.9, remains in contention to qualify for his second Nitto ATP Finals after 2022.

In the previous rounds of the Paris Masters tournament, Altmaier, ranked No 50, won against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed (6-3, 7-5) and American Marcos Giron (6-2, 7-6 (5)).

Paris Masters 1000, other last 16 results (La Défense Arena, hard, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Alexander Zverev
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jannik Sinner
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Karen Khachanov vs. Alex De Minaur
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Bublik
• Ben Shelton vs. Andrey Rublev: thursday
• Valentin Vacherot beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (4), 6-4