Overview
- Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot beat Cameron Norrie 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals, extending his Masters 1000 winning streak to 10 matches and climbing into the live top 30.
- He will face ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who rallied past Daniel Altmaier 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, as Vacherot’s post-Shanghai surge continues to reshape the draw.
- Earlier in the week, Norrie stunned world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, ending the Spaniard’s 17-match Masters streak as Alcaraz said he had “no feeling at all” and made 54 unforced errors.
- Jannik Sinner opened with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Zizou Bergs and next plays Francisco Cerundolo, keeping alive his bid to reclaim top ranking by winning Paris.
- Defending champion Alexander Zverev kept his title defense alive with a three-set win to reach the third round, and Ben Shelton advanced to the last eight to await the Sinner–Cerundolo winner.