Paris Masters: Medvedev reaches last eight, after a thriller against Sonego

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 11 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of Paris Masters by edging out Italian Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Paris La Défense Arena on Thursday evening.

Medvedev, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 15 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, next.

The Russian benefited from the forfeit of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and won against Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-1, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

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
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 7-5, 6-1
• 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 (5) 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