Paris Masters: Draper reaches second round, defeating French current No1 Rinderknech
Jack Draper beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday
Jack Draper at the 2022 National Bank Open in Montreal
Image Credit: AI/ Reuters/ Panoramic
Jack Draper moved into the second round of Paris Masters by defeating French wildcard Arthur Rinderknech and current French best ranked player (42nd), 6-3, 6-4 at the Accor Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
Draper, ranked No 45, will face American Frances Tiafoe, the No 16 seed, next.
Paris Masters 1000, other first-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.415.410, most recent results first):
- Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka : Tuesday in Paris
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov : Tuesday in Paris
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo : Tuesday in Paris
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino : Tuesday in Paris
- Arthur Fils vs. Fabio Fognini: tuesday : Tuesday in Paris
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul : Tuesday in Paris
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas : Tuesday in Paris
- Corentin Moutet (Q) beat Borna Coric: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Evans beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur beat Sebastian Korda: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- 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 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 Čilić (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
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