De Minaur sinks Navone in Paris, boosts Turin hopes
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a is showing no signs of backing down in the fight to qualify for his maiden appearance at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a./p
pThe ninth seed finished with a flourish on Tuesday to defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mariano-navone/n0bs/overview'Mariano Navone/a 7-5, 6-1 and advance to the second round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/paris/352/overview'Rolex Paris Masters/a. After a nervy end to the opening set, De Minaur pulled clear in a near-flawless second to seal an 89-minute victory./p
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No. 9 seed a href="https://twitter.com/alexdeminaur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@alexdeminaur/a will face lucky loser Kecmanovic in the second round in Bercy.a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RolexParisMasters?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#RolexParisMasters/a | a href="https://twitter.com/RolexPMasters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@RolexPMasters/a a href="https://t.co/mM8WvmG2i4"pic.twitter.com/mM8WvmG2i4/a/p
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pDe Minaurrsquo;s standout season, during which he has won two ATP Tour titles and surged to a career-high of No. 6 in the PIF ATP Rankings, could culminate in a debut appearance at the season-ending finale./p
pThe Australian, who is currently ninth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, has moved to within 125 points of eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a with his opening-round win in Paris. De Minaur, who will surpass Rublev with a run to the quarter-finals, will next face lucky loser a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a.nbsp;/p
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pEarlier, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a racked up a century of tour-level wins in style as he upset sixth seed Rublev to reach to the third round at the indoor ATP Masters 1000 for a second successive year./p
pIn a pendulum-swinging battle, the Argentine rallied from a break deficit in both sets to prevail 7-6(6), 7-6(5), improving to a 3-1 lead in the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p
pThe defeat is a setback in Rublevrsquo;s quest to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a for a fifth consecutive year. Rublev will be unable to amass further points at this week's ATP Masters 1000 event. Meanwhile, fellow Turin hopefuls De Minaur (ninth), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a (10th) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a (12th) are all still alive in Paris.nbsp;nbsp;/p
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p lang="en" dir="ltr"Big stage for a BIG milestone ????????️a href="https://twitter.com/FranCerundolo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@FranCerundolo/a brings up a century of tour-level wins by knocking out No. 6 seed Rublev, 7-6(6) 7-6(5)!a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RolexParisMasters?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#RolexParisMasters/a | a href="https://twitter.com/RolexPMasters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@RolexPMasters/a a href="https://t.co/VFvTk3wmIm"pic.twitter.com/VFvTk3wmIm/a/p
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pCerundolorsquo;s attacking prowess was on full display in his two-hour, 18-minute triumph. The 26-year-old struck 35 winners and won 86 per cent (6/7) of points at the net, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p
pWith the triumph, Cerundolo registered his fourth win in seven matches against a Top 10 opponent in 2024. The No. 29 in the PIF ATP Rankings will next face World No. 11 Tsitsipas for a place in the quarter-finals./p
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