Daniel Altmaier was eliminated in the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris. The 27-year-old tennis professional had to admit defeat to number nine seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6:3, 3:6, 2:6 in the French capital. In the previous round, Altmaier had prevailed against Casper Ruud from Norway, ninth in the world rankings, and thus caused a big surprise.
Altmaier managed an early break against Auger-Aliassime, which he defended confidently afterwards. After 50 minutes, the German number two took the first set. In the second round, Altmaier missed a break point when the score was 2:2 and had to give up his serve a little later. After 1:28 hours, Auger-Aliassime equalized the set.
Altmaier now lost his rhythm and immediately gave up his service again in the third set. The Canadian was now significantly better and made progress after 2:11 hours.
Zverev in action in the evening
Alexander Zverev will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his round of 16 tonight. The world number three is the defending champion in Paris, but had a very difficult time in his opening game against the Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli and only asserted himself in three sets.