Paris Masters: Alcaraz books spot in last 16

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-5, 6-1 to move into the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Tuesday.

“It was really important to get the first set and and come to the second set with a lot of confidence and playing great tennis,” he said afterwards.

Alcaraz, ranked No 2, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 15 seed, and American qualifier Marcos Giron next.

In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Jarry, ranked No 37, won against Italian qualifier Lorenzo Sonego (7-6 (4), 6-3).

Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Arthur Cazaux vs. Ben Shelton
• Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Jack Draper vs. Taylor Fritz
• Alex De Minaur vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Ugo Humbert vs. Marcos Giron
• Zizou Bergs vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Arthur Fils vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alex Michelsen
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alejandro Tabilo: tuesday
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)