Paris Masters: Another seed tumbles in Bercy as Cerundolo beats Ruud to reach last 16
Francisco Cerundolo beat Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-4. He’ll play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 11 seed, in the next round
Francisco Cerundolo competes at the 2023 Paris Masters © Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo won against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of Paris Masters at the Accor Arena.
Cerundolo, ranked No 21, will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 11 seed, next.
The Argentinian edged out Frenchman Gael Monfils (4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5) ahead of his victory.
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: wednesday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (13) beat Dusan Lajovic (LL): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Botic van de Zandschulp (Q) beat Tommy Paul (12): 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Andrey Rublev (5) 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
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