Tuesday , December 24 2024

Three biggest upsets in Paris Masters

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The third day of the Paris Masters tennis tournament saw three major upsets, ending the campaign of Russia's Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fitz. Local player Arthur Cajuex, the runner-up at the Swiss indoor tournament in Basel, produced the first upset of the day by defeating American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) after reaching a second-set tiebreaker. Jack Draper then defeated fifth seed Taylor Fitz 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-4 and Medvedev defeated Alexei Poprin 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4). Moved forward his campaign. Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, committed a total of 14 double faults in the match and lost in the second round of the Paris Masters for the third consecutive year. In other matches, eighth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov beat Echevalin 7-6 (11-9), 6-3, 7-5, third-seeded Alexander Zverev beat Grixpur 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. And ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur extended his campaign by defeating Kemanovic 6-6, 7-6 (7-5).