Paris Masters: Cameron Norrie beats Reilly Opelka to maintain ATP Finals bid
English men's main Cameron Norrie remained in the chase after an ATP Finals spot with a straight-set triumph over American Reilly Opelka in Paris.
Norrie won 6-3 6-4 to arrive at the third round of the Masters occasion, which offers huge focuses in the competition to arrive at the year-end finals.
The 26-year-old will qualify on the off chance that he figures out how to get through a solid field to win in the French capital.
Norrie will confront Taylor Fritz, who beat Andrey Rublev, in the last 16.
American Fritz, 24, procured his third consecutive triumph against a best 10 rival with a 7-5 7-6 (7-2) win against the Russian fifth seed Rublev.
Norrie is focusing on a profound disagreement Paris to possibly land one of the two excess spots at the season-finishing finals, what start on 14 November.
The world number 13 has partaken in the best period of his profession to move into dispute for a spot in Turin, which has taken over from London as the host city for the year-finishing occasion.
The left-hander has arrived at six finals this year, most prominently when he won the esteemed Indian Wells title last month, and his further developed consistency has seen him ascend from 74th on the planet to the main 15.
Nonetheless, Norway's Casper Ruud and Poland's Hubert Hurkacz - both additionally through to the third round - stay in front of Norrie in the competition to fit the bill for the eight-man finals.
Italy's Jannik Sinner dropped behind Hurkacz subsequent to losing his second round match against Spain's skilled young person Carlos Alcaraz.
Norrie says he is watching out for how his adversaries admission in Paris, telling Amazon Prime: "I'm observing all the matches and sure every other person is. It's getting intriguing and it's cool to play for."
In the pairs, Britain's Jamie Murray and his Brazilian accomplice Bruno Soares dominated their initial game as they likewise intend to arrive at the Turin finals.
Murray and Soares, who won 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 against Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and Argentina's Andres Molteni, are eighth in the copies race and could seal their place with the Paris title.
