2 2 Seed and title favorite Jannik Sonner will continue his Paris Masters campaign when he takes on Francisco Cerinde on Thursday. Taylor Fritz and Alexander Bublik also grace the third act.
Francisco Cerindolo vs (2) Jannik Siner
Thanks to the outgoing Carlos Alcaraz from rolex paris masters, the sinner will return to No. 1 in the world for the title on Sunday. The Italian in the second tier is a big favorite now, as he has no one to lose without anything other than the retirement from the middle of Helle (Alexander Bublik). Including a six-game Grand Slam showdown, Sinner is 14-1 this fall with titles in Beijing and Vienna. He opened in Paris on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Zizou Bergs.
Next up on Thursday is the third round showdown against Cerundolo. The head-to-head series is surprisingly competitive 3-2 in Wintner’s Favorite, but Cerundolo’s victory came before his opponent’s rise to the top of the game – including the first planned retirement in the 2022 Miami Quarterfinals. They just broke through this spring in Rome, where the sinner treated the home crowd to a 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory. As if the chips weren’t enough for the 21st-ranked Argentine, he needed a third timebreaker for miomir kecmanovic on Wednesday in a match that had been doubled during the match.
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(4) Taylor Fritz vs. (13) Alexander Bublik
Fritz and Bublik will meet for the seventh time in their careers on Thursday. The head-to-head series is tied all at 3-3, with Bublik taking the first three from 2019 to 2021 before Fritz won three wins from 2024 to 2024.
Wouldn’t be upset if the tide turned back in Bublik’s Favoring. World No. 16, who improved this week with straight wins over Alexei Ppyrin and Corentin Moutet, took 35 victories and victories and four titles this season. Fritz returns to the nitto atp finals, but the American is still cool in recent weeks with early losses in Basel and Shanghai. What is scary for the whole field – and especially for Fritz – is that even against the No 4 player in the world, the game is in Bublik’s Racket. If Kazakh plays well, he wins. And right now he is playing amazing tennis.
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