Paris Masters: Van de Zandschulp upsets Paul in second round
Botic van de Zandschulp defeated Tommy Paul 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 on Wednesday and will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Botic van de Zandschulp (Imago/Panoramic)
Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp beat American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena on Wednesday.
Van de Zandschulp, ranked No 60, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Dutchman won against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (6-4, 7-5).
Paul, ranked No 12, edged out French wildcard Richard Gasquet (0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Paris-Bercy tournament.
Paris Masters, other second-round results (Accor Arena, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert vs. Alexander Zverev
- Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex De Minaur
- Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Andrey Rublev beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Bublik beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 7-5
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-2, 6-2
