Valentin Vacherot defeats Cameron Norrie in Paris to bring Masters 1000 win streak to 10
The Shanghai title holder advanced to the quarterfinals, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
PARIS (AP) — There seems to be no stopping Valentin Vacherot, who reached another Masters quarterfinal by beating Cameron Norrie, 7-6 (4), 6-4, on Thursday.
Already this month, Vacherot made a stunning run from the qualifiers to win the Shanghai Masters for his first career title. He downed 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and beat his own cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final.
The 40th-ranked Vacherot, who is from Monaco, beat Rinderknech again in the second round here in Paris, setting up a match against Norrie after the British player eliminated top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz.
Vacherot had five aces and saved all five break points against Norrie, who dropped serve once. Vacherot faces ninth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime or Daniel Altmaier in the quarterfinals.
Later Thursday, four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner continued his bid to reclaim the No. 1 ranking when he faced Francisco Cerundolo.
Sinner will return to No. 1 if he wins the tournament.
Also, defending champion Alexander Zverev played Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and fourth=seeded Taylor Fritz was up against Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan.