Paris Masters: Mannarino advances to last 16
Adrian Mannarino edged out Zizou Bergs 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll play Australian Jordan Thompson in the next round
Adrian Mannarino at the 2024 Paris Masters (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
French wildcard Adrian Mannarino advanced to the last 16 of Paris Masters by edging out Belgian lucky loser Zizou Bergs 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.
Mannarino, ranked No 58, will play Australian Jordan Thompson next.
The 36-year-old Frenchman won against American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
In the first round of the Paris-Bercy tournament, Bergs, ranked No 65, defeated French wildcard Richard Gasquet (6-3, 6-4).
Paris Masters 1000, other second-round results (Accor Arena, hard, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Ben Shelton
- Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Jack Draper vs. Taylor Fritz
- Alex De Minaur vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (15) beat Marcos Giron (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Rinderknech (WC) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7)
- Grigor Dimitrov (8) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-7 (9), 6-3, 7-5
- Jordan Thompson beat Casper Ruud (7): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-3, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-5, 6-1
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
