Paris Masters: Bublik edges past Jarry to reach last 16
Alexander Bublik beat Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). He’ll face the winner of the match between Grigor Dimitrov and Daniil Medvedev in the next round
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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
