Fritz, Norrie and Rublev out of Paris Masters, Vacherot's run continues

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP MASTERS 1000 PARIS INCLUDING TAYLOR FRITZ V ALEXANDER BUBLIK CAMERON NORRIE V VALENTIN VACHEROT FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME V DANIEL ALTMAIER BEN SHELTON V ANDREY RUBLEV KAREN KHACHANOV V ALEX DE MINAUR RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 30, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) ALEXANDER BUBLIK BEAT TAYLOR FRITZ 7-6(5) 6-2 1. FRITZ WALKING OUT ON TO COURT 2. BUBLIK WINS RALLY WITH FOREHAND FROM THE BASELINE WITH SCORE AT 2-3 3. FRITZ HITS BALL WIDE ON SET POINT/ BUBLIK'S COACHING TEAM APPLAUDING 4. BUBLIK WINS BREAK POINT WITH FOREHAND TO LEFT SIDE OF COURT/ FRITZ SHOUTS 5. BUBLIK HITS RETURN HARD TO WIN MATCH/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS VALENTIN VACHEROT BEAT CAMERON NORRIE 7-6(4) 6-4 6. VACHEROT WINS RALLY WITH DISGUISED CROSSCOURT FOREHAND TO TAKE A 6-5 LEAD IN FIRST SET 7. NORRIE HITS BALL INTO THE NET AS VACHEROT WINS FIRST SET TIEBREAKER 8. VACHEROT WINS POINT WITH VOLLEY AT THE NET  9. NORRIE HITS BALL INTO THE NET AS VACHEROT WINS THE MATCH/ VACHEROT CELEBRATES/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEAT DANIEL ALTMAIER 3-6 6-3 6-2 10. ALTMAIER WINS POINT WITH VOLLEY AT THE NET 11. ALTMAIER HITS BACKHAND WINNER TO TAKE FIRST SET 12. AUGER-ALIASSIME WINS RALLY WITH OVERHEAD SMASH AT THE NET IN THE SECOND SET 13. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS BACKHAND DOWN THE LINE TO GIVE HIMSELF THREE BREAK POINTS IN THIRD SET 14. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS ACE TO WIN THE MATCH/ AUGER-ALIASSIME CELEBRATES BEN SHELTON BEATS ANDREY RUBLEV 7-6(6) 6-3 15. SHELTON HITS FOREHAND WINNER FROM BASELINE/ SHELTON CELEBRATES/ FAN IN CROWD WITH A U.S. FLAG 16. SHELTON HITS FOREHAND WINNER FROM A WIDE ANGLE LANDING JUST IN, ON THE LINE TO WIN THE SET/ SHELTON CELEBRATES PUTTING HIS FINGER TO HIS EAR 17. RUBLEV HITS WIDE ON MATCH POINT/ SHELTON CELEBRATES/ RUBLEV BLOWS A KISS SKYWARD ALEX DE MINAUR BEAT KAREN KHACHANOV 6-2 6-2 18.  DE MINAUR WINS RALLY AND MATCH WITH A VOLLEY AT THE NET/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS STORY: Taylor Fritz, Cameron Norrie and Andrey Rublev all crashed out of the Paris Masters on Thursday (October 30). Fritz has already qualified for the season-ending ATP finals by guaranteeing a place in the top 8 tennis rankings but he was beaten in straight sets by Alexander Bublik 7-6(5) 6-2. Monaco's Valentin Vacherot's incredible run continues as he knocked out another player in the top 50. This time it was Britain's Cameron Norrie who was beaten 7-6(4) 6-4. Vacherot was outside the top 200 players in the world back in September, but he has claimed a number of scalps, including Novak Djokovic, in recent weeks and is into the quarter-finals. Felix Auger-Aliassime's hopes of making the ATP finals are still alive after he came from a set down to beat Daniel Altmaier 3-6 6-3 6-2 while Ben Shelton has guaranteed himself a spot in Turin next month after he made the last eight with a 7-6(6) 6-3 win over Andrey Rublev. Australia's Alex de Minaur will join him there after beating Karen Khachanov. De Minaur has the most wins on the ATP tour's hard courts with 42 and he will face Bublik in the next round. (Production: Simon Ormiston)

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