Paris Masters: De Minaur wins to set up second round meeting with Medvedev

Australia’s Alex de Minaur advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters by edging out American Sebastian Korda in three sets at the Accor Arena on Monday night.

De Minuar needed two hours and 42 minutes to beat Korda 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the final match of the day.

The Australian, ranked No 25, will face No 4 seed Daniil Medvedev in the second round. The fourth-seeded Russian is coming off a title in Vienna – his second of the season.

Medvedev leads de Minaur 4-0 in head-to-head

In the second round, de Minaur will be gunning for his first win over Medvedev. The Russian has won all of their four previous encounters – three on outdoor hard courts and one in indoor hard courts, including their most recent match-up at the 2022 ATP Cup.

Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.415.410, most recent results first):

• Gilles Simon (WC) beat Andy Murray: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Lorenzo Sonego (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q) beat Jannik Sinner (11): 6-2, 6-3
• Maxime Cressy beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-1
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Marin Cilic (15): 6-4, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 6-1
• Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Quentin Halys (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-5, 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
• John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-3, 6-4
• Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka – on Tuesday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo – on Tuesday
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul – on Tuesday
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino – on Tuesday
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov – on Tuesday
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – on Tuesday
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jack Draper – on Tuesday
• Arthur Fils vs. Fabio Fognini – on Tuesday
• Corentin Moutet vs. Borna Coric – on Tuesday
• Dan Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima – on Tuesday

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