Norrie loses to Vacherot after shocking Alcaraz

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Cameron Norrie

British number two Cameron Norrie struggled to find his rhythm as he lost in straight sets to Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot at the Paris Masters.

Norrie, 30, described his victory against world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the previous round as “the biggest win of my career” but was unable to reach that level again, losing 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Vacherot, who beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win his first ATP title at the Shanghai Masters earlier this month, will face either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Daniel Altmaier in the quarter-finals.

The 26-year-old was ranked world number 204 in September but entered this week’s tournament at 40th. World number two Jannik Sinner ensured he became a quarter-finalist in every ATP Masters 1000 event this season with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo and will meet American Ben Shelton in the next round.

Third seed Alexander Zverev kept his title defence alive with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and will face Daniil Medvedev in the quarter-final after the 11th seed defeated Lorenzo Sonego.