Paris Masters round-up: Monfils prevails in entertaining Paire clash; Tsitsipas, Thiem also advance
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Updated 30/10/2019 at 18:59 GMT
Gael Monfils secured a hard-fought 6-4 7-6(4) victory over fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire to reach the third round of the Paris Masters.
Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire - Paris Masters
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The French duo were keen to put on a show in front of the home crowd, with Paire winning a point after two ‘tweeners.
But it was Monfils who ultimately prevailed, winning in 87 minutes to set up a third-round meeting with Radu Albot.
Fifth seed Dominic Thiem battled past Milos Raonic in a match which saw just two of 14 break points converted.
Thiem won 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 and will face Grigor Dimitrov in the next round after the Bulgarian saw off 12th seed David Goffin 7-5 6-3.
Elsewhere, seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Taylor Fritz 7-6(5) 6-3 and goes onto face Alex De Minaur, who beat Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(2) 7-6(1).
Denis Shapovalov fought from a set down to beat Fabio Fognini 3-6 6-3 6-3 and book a showdown with Alexander Zverev.
Stan Wawrinka dug deep to overcome Marin Cilic 7-6(3) 7-6(5), with Christian Garin doing likewise to beat John Isner 7-6(5) 7-6(4).
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