Paris Masters: Bublik edges past Jarry to reach last 16

Kazakh Alexander Bublik moved into the last 16 of Paris Masters by beating Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) at the Accor Arena.

Bublik, ranked No 33, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.

The Kazakh won against American Frances Tiafoe, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Jarry, ranked No 20, won against Australian Alexei Popyrin (7-5, 7-6 (6)).

Paris Masters, other second-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
• Ugo Humbert vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tommy Paul vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Andrey Rublev: tuesday
• Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-3, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 7-5
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-2, 6-2