French wildcard Benjamin Bonzi, ranked No 100, beat second seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 in 2 hours and 11 minutes. He is now the only French player left in qualifying.<\/p>\n
He will face ninth seed Yannick Hanfmann, who beat another French wildcard, Felix Balshaw, 7-6(3) 6-3 in 1 hour and 28 minutes.<\/p>\n
Tirante vs Bellucci: two seeds, one place<\/p>\n
Third seed Thiago Agustin Tirante had to fight to open his campaign. The Argentine dropped the first set against American Zachary Svajda before turning the match around to win 3-6 6-1 6-4.<\/p>\n
Thirteenth seed Mattia Bellucci needed 1 hour and 37 minutes to see off Pablo Carreno Busta. The Italian dominated the opening set 6-1, then held his nerve in a tight second set, which he took 7-6(3). Only one of the two seeds will reach the main draw.<\/p>\n
Hijikata vs Kopriva: Gaston\u2019s conqueror next<\/p>\n
The first seed to fall in Paris qualifying was Jaime Faria. Australia\u2019s Rinky Hijikata beat the seventh seed from Portugal 6-3 6-4 in just 65 minutes.<\/p>\n
He will face eleventh seed Vit Kopriva, who knocked out French wildcard Hugo Gaston on Center Court. The Czech won 6-4 7-6(1) in 1 hour and 53 minutes.<\/p>\n
Borges vs Molcan: Mannarino out<\/p>\n
Adrian Mannarino won the first set against fourth seed Nuno Borges, but the Portuguese came back to win 4-6 6-1 7-5 in 2 hours and 16 minutes.<\/p>\n
Borges will face Alex Molcan, who beat tenth seed Daniel Altmaier 6-4 7-6(1) in 1 hour and 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
Cerundolo vs Kecmanovic: a seeds\u2019 clash<\/p>\n
Fifth seed Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5) 6-3 in 1 hour and 32 minutes. Eighth seed Miomir Kecmanovic needed two hours and three sets to get past James Duckworth, 6-4 2-6 6-4.<\/p>\n
Baez vs Machac: top seed tested<\/p>\n
Top seed Sebastian Baez beat Damir Dzumhur 7-6(4) 7-5 in 2 hours and 6 minutes. He will face Tomas Machac, who knocked out fourteenth seed Martin Landaluce 6-4 6-3 in 1 hour and 27 minutes.<\/p>\n
Sonego awaits Vallejo or Dimitrov<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Sonego needed almost three hours to beat twelfth seed Jaume Munar 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4. The Italian awaits the winner of Adolfo Daniel Vallejo and Grigor Dimitrov, the last first-round match still to be completed.<\/p>\n
By reaching the final qualifying round, all first-round winners are guaranteed \u20ac12,920 and 16 ATP ranking points. The seven qualifiers will earn 30 points and join the main draw, which starts on Monday, November 2.<\/p>\n
Who will face a qualifier in the main draw?<\/p>\n
The seven qualifiers will slot into six first-round matches. Luciano Darderi, in Zverev\u2019s quarter, and Casper Ruud, in Medvedev\u2019s quarter, both open against a qualifier. The fourth quarter, headed by Alcaraz, holds three of them: French wildcards Kyrian Jacquet and Titouan Droguet each face a qualifier, as does No 11 seed Taylor Fritz. In Shelton\u2019s quarter, two qualifiers will meet each other, which guarantees that at least one qualifier reaches the second round.<\/p>\n
Rolex Paris Masters, qualifying round 1 (in draw order)<\/p>\n
Sebastian Baez (1) d. Damir Dzumhur (Alt) 7-6(4) 7-5<\/p>\n
Tomas Machac d. Martin Landaluce (14) 6-4 6-3<\/p>\n
Benjamin Bonzi (WC) d. Tallon Griekspoor (2) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3<\/p>\n
Yannick Hanfmann (9) d. Felix Balshaw (WC) 7-6(3) 6-3<\/p>\n
Thiago Agustin Tirante (3) d. Zachary Svajda 3-6 6-1 6-4<\/p>\n
Mattia Bellucci (13) d. Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1 7-6(3)<\/p>\n
Nuno Borges (4) d. Adrian Mannarino 4-6 6-1 7-5<\/p>\n
Alex Molcan d. Daniel Altmaier (10) 6-4 7-6(1)<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (5) d. Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5) 6-3<\/p>\n
Miomir Kecmanovic (8) d. James Duckworth 6-4 2-6 6-4<\/p>\n
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (6) vs Grigor Dimitrov (WC)<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Sonego d. Jaume Munar (12) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n
Rinky Hijikata d. Jaime Faria (7) 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n
Vit Kopriva (11) d. Hugo Gaston (WC) 6-4 7-6(1)<\/p>\n
Rolex Paris Masters, final qualifying round<\/p>\n
Sebastian Baez (1) vs Tomas Machac<\/p>\n
Benjamin Bonzi (WC) vs Yannick Hanfmann (9)<\/p>\n
Thiago Agustin Tirante (3) vs Mattia Bellucci (13)<\/p>\n
Nuno Borges (4) vs Alex Molcan<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Cerundolo (5) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (8)<\/p>\n
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (6) or Grigor Dimitrov (WC) vs Lorenzo Sonego<\/p>\n
Rinky Hijikata vs Vit Kopriva (11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French wildcard Benjamin Bonzi, ranked No 100, beat second seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 in 2 hours…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-947989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}