Paris Masters: Nishioka wins to set up Alcaraz showdown

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