Rolex Paris Masters order of play: Alcaraz opens the night session against Fils or Fritz
Carlos Alcaraz opens the night session on Court Central on Friday against Arthur Fils or Taylor Fritz, after Ben Shelton against Tommy Paul and Luca Van Assche against Rinky Hijikata in the Rolex Paris Masters quarter-finals.
Rolex Paris Masters
Second seed Carlos Alcaraz opens the night session of the Rolex Paris Masters quarter-finals on Court Central on Friday, November 6, not before 7 p.m. He will face Arthur Fils or Taylor Fritz, who meet on Thursday night.
Alcaraz is into the quarter-finals without playing since Matteo Berrettini withdrew. He has never gone beyond the quarter-finals in Paris: a win would take him to his first semi-final at the tournament. He beat Alex Michelsen 7-6 (4), 6-3 in his only match of the week.
Men’s singles quarter-finals, Friday, November 6
Local time (CET). NB: not before. Q: qualifier. LL: lucky loser. SE: special exempt. FRA: French players. Night session in orange. Doubles and wheelchair order of play at the bottom of the article.
Play starts at 2 p.m. on Court Central and Court 1, at 12 p.m. on Court 2 and at 1 p.m. on Court 3, where the WC500 wheelchair tournament is played. All times are local (CET).
Alcaraz, then Borges, in the night session
Fils is already qualified for the ATP Finals. Fritz, who beat the Frenchman 6-2, 2-0, ret. in the Basel quarter-finals last week, needs to beat him again to keep his hopes of qualifying for Turin alive, according to the ATP.
Lucky loser Nuno Borges, the first player with that status to reach the quarter-finals in Paris, then faces the winner of Jan-Lennard Struff and Casper Ruud, not before 8:30 p.m. Borges beat Ignacio Buse 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday.
Shelton-Paul and Van Assche-Hijikata in the afternoon
Third seed Ben Shelton opens Court Central at 2 p.m. against twelfth seed Tommy Paul. Shelton came from a set down to beat Arthur Rinderknech 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), while Paul beat Quentin Halys 7-6 (3), 6-4. The two Americans are level at 2-2 in their head-to-head. Paul still needs to reach the final to pass Rafael Jodar for the last place at the ATP Finals, according to Tennis Majors calculations on Thursday.
Luca Van Assche, who beat Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to reach his first Masters 1000 quarter-final, follows against qualifier Rinky Hijikata. The Australian came from a set down to beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, a day after knocking out Novak Djokovic, and is the first qualifier in the Paris quarter-finals since Hugo Gaston in 2021. It will be their first meeting.
An all-French doubles quarter-final on Court 1
Court 1 hosts the four doubles quarter-finals from 2 p.m. Robert Cash and Brandon Nakashima open against second seeds Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski, followed by Lucas Miedler and Neil Oberleitner against Petr Nouza and Michael Venus.
Wildcards Quentin Halys and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who beat third seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Thursday, then face Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti in an all-French match. Wildcards Benjamin Bonzi and Arthur Rinderknech close the day against top seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten.
Houdet and Laget in the wheelchair tournament
The WC500 wheelchair tournament is played on Courts 2 and 3. Stéphane Houdet faces Gordon Reid at 12 p.m. on Court 2, before top seed Alfie Hewett plays Zhenxu Ji. Wildcard Guilhem Laget meets Gustavo Fernandez at 1 p.m. on Court 3, then teams up with Nicolas Charrier against top seeds Fernandez and Reid in doubles, not before 3:30 p.m.
Doubles and wheelchair, Friday, November 6
Local time (CET). NB: not before. QF: quarter-final. WC: wildcard. FRA: French players.
