Paris, Nov 3: Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti earned his first Top five win on Thursday when he upset World No 4 Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters, here.
The 20-year-old played with confidence throughout the two-hour, 19-minute clash in the French capital, striking 37 winners to reach his maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
Also, World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz won nine of the first 10 games to register a 6-1, 6-3 third-round victory over Grigor Dimitrov and advance to the quarterfinals too.
The Spaniard will take on Holger Rune who defeated seventh seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-5. (IANS)