Paris Masters: Nishioka wins to set up Alcaraz showdown
Yoshihito Nishioka won against Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 6-4 on Monday and will play top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the next round
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Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka won against Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Monday.
Nishioka, ranked No 38, will play top seed Carlos Alcaraz next.
Paris Masters 1000, other first-round matches (Accor Arena, EUR 5.415.410, most recent results first):
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 6-4
- John Isner beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Tommy Paul
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Corentin Moutet vs. Borna Coric
- Daniel Evans vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jack Draper
- Holger Rune vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Arthur Fils vs. Fabio Fognini
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Sebastian Korda vs. Alex De Minaur
- Andy Murray vs. Gilles Simon
- Alexander Bublik vs. Mikael Ymer
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Jannik Sinner
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Maxime Cressy
- Alex Molcan vs. Richard Gasquet
- Marin Čilić vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Sebastian Baez vs. Karen Khachanov
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Quentin Halys: monday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: monday
