Paris Masters: Dimitrov withdraws, Medvedev moves into last 16
Daniil Medvedev benefited from the forfeit of Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego in the next round
Grigor Dimitrov, Rolex Paris Masters 2025 | © F. Pestellini / PsNewz
Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 11 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Paris Masters after Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov withdrew before the match at the La Défense Arena on Wednesday afternoon.
Dimitrov was back to competition last Monday after fourteen weeks out of the Tour, and then played with Nicolas Mahut in doubles on Tuesday. Dimitrov, ranked No 38, won against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7-6 (5), 6-1).
Medvedev, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between No 7 seed Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego next.
Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (La Défense Arena, hard, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):
- Karen Khachanov vs. Joao Fonseca
- Corentin Moutet vs. Alexander Bublik
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Alex De Minaur
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Zizou Bergs vs. Jannik Sinner
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alexandre Muller: wednesday
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Valentin Vacherot: wednesday
- Daniel Altmaier beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-3, 7-5
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (12) beat Learner Tien: 6-4, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie beat Carlos Alcaraz (1): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ben Shelton (5) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 6-3
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