Paris Masters: Sinner makes last eight against Shelton

Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, beat Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of Paris Masters at the Paris La Défense Arena on Thursday evening.

“It was a very difficult first set”, Sinner said to the reporters after the match. “I was up, you know twice at the break, couldn’t convert it, which, you know, happens. And but again, I’m very happy. Now the main focus is to recover.”

Sinner, ranked No 2, will face American Ben Shelton, the No 5 seed, next.

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
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Daniil Medvedev: thursday
• Alex De Minaur (6) beat Karen Khachanov (10): 6-2, 6-2
• Alexander Bublik (13) beat Taylor Fritz (4): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Ben Shelton beat Andrey Rublev (12): 7-6 (6), 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) beat Daniel Altmaier: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Valentin Vacherot (WC) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-6 (4), 6-4