Paris Masters 2025 Day 1 Recap

The fortieth version of the Paris Masters bought underway on Monday, however for the primary time, not on the iconic Accor Area in Bercy.

The event’s transfer to its brand-new venue, the Paris La Défense Area, marks a brand new chapter, however the organisers have created an virtually like-for-like expertise by way of visuals and environment, so for TV viewers, issues look almost equivalent.

On court docket, it was additionally enterprise as ordinary for essentially the most half, with no actual upsets, with three seeds in motion, all of whom progressed comfortably.

Andrey Rublev snapped his publish–US Open skid with a assured win, Grigor Dimitrov made a profitable comeback from harm, and Cameron Norrie arrange a second-round assembly with world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.

2018 champion Karen Khachanov put within the quickest win of the day, successful in simply 1 hour and a pair of minutes, as he seems to be to copy the shape he confirmed in Bercy when he defeated Novak Djokovic within the last.

Right here’s the whole lot that went down on Day One of many 2025 Rolex Paris Masters.

Day One Paris Masters 2025 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Cameron Norrie
Sebastián Báez
6-3 6-4

Arthur Rinderknech (WC)
Fabian Marozsan
7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Alexandre Muller
Brandon Nakashima
6-2 7-5

Daniel Altmaier
Marcos Giron
6-2 7-6(5)

Aleksandar Vukic
Terence Atmane (WC)
6-4 2-6 6-4

Alexander Bublik (13)
Alexei Popyrin
6-4 6-3

Karen Khachanov (10)
Etha Quinn (Q)
6-1 6-1

Lorenzo Sonego
Sebastian Korda (Q)
6-2 6-3

Grigor Dimitrov
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
7-6(5) 6-1

Arthur Cazaux (WC)
Luciano Darderi
7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Flavio Cobolli
Tomáš Macháč
6-1 6-4

Learner Tien
Nuno Borges
6-2 7-6(7)

Andrey Rublev (12)
Jacob Fearnley (Q)
6-1 6-4

Francisco Cerúndolo
Damir Dzhumur (Q)
6-3 6-3

Miomir Kecmanović
Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL)
6-4 1-6 7-6(2)

Zizou Bergs
Alex Michelsen
6-3 2-6 6-2

Key Matches

Andrey Rublev def. Jacob Fearnley 6-1, 6-4

Andrey Rublev secured his first match win since reaching the US Open fourth spherical with a 6-1, 6-4 end result in opposition to Jacob Fearnley on Monday.

After cruising to a 6-1, 2-0 lead with the assistance of 4 breaks, Rublev discovered himself locked in a second-set battle when British qualifier Fearnley levelled at 2-2.

Rublev missed out on three break factors at 3-2, however he took his subsequent alternative on a break probability that doubled as match level.

Rublev transformed 5 of his 10 break factors and benefitted from 11 double faults from Fearnley, which is a loopy quantity in simply 9 service video games.

Rublev will subsequent face Learner Tien, a 6-2, 7-6(7) winner in opposition to Nuno Borges earlier on Monday.

I had an excellent [opponent] right now. He can play very nicely; he’s received good matches this yr. I used to be in a position to step up and play strong tennis. I’ve been combating the wins for some time. To win such a match like this on centre court docket, it’s a very good feeling. Rublev on his win.

Alexander Bublik def. Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-3

Alexander Bublik took down Alexei Popyrin for the second time at an ATP Masters 1000 this season, repeating the end result from their Madrid assembly with a 6-4, 6-3 win that levelled their Head2Head at 2-2.

Cameron Norrie def. Sebastián Báez 6-3, 6-4

Cameron Norrie superior to the second spherical with a straight-sets victory over Sebastián Báez, organising a conflict with world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday.

The British No. 2 overcame a mid-second-set wobble, saving 4 break factors within the final sport to shut out the match in 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Grigor Dimitrov def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(5), 6-1

Grigor Dimitrov returned from a four-month layoff because of the pectoral harm suffered at Wimbledon with a commanding 7-6(5), 6-1 victory over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

I had a sense he’d make a successful return as Perricard isn’t in nice kind, and I don’t assume situations actually go well with his sport.

Grigor saved all three break factors he confronted and broke the Frenchman thrice in a ruthless second set. He did a good job of getting returns in play, utilizing his slice to good impact and choosing off Perricard when he got here into the online behind approaches that weren’t actually hit nicely sufficient.

Highlights

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