End of the Parisian adventure for Dani Mérida

The Spanish Daniel Merida ended his adventure in the Paris Masters 1000the last of the year, after falling in the second round, 6-1 and 6-1, against the American Tommy Paultwelfth favorite, which maintains qualification options for the Turin Masters Tournament.

After having achieved against the Argentine Sebastian Baezrescued from the qualifying phase, his first victory in the tournament, the Spaniard puts an end to his campaign in which he won his first title, in Umag and reached the quarterfinals of Montreal.

Paul He is one of the four tennis players in contention to get the last two tickets to Turin, the one that has the most difficult time. Currently thirteenth in the ranking, with 2,825 points, he is ahead of the Australian of Spanish-Uruguayan origin Alex de Minaurto Serbian Novak Djokovic and his compatriot Taylor Fritzall of them in contention in Paris. Besides, Frances Tiafoeeliminated by Frenchman Quentin Halys, is also ahead.

Halys He will be, precisely, Paul’s rival to achieve a place in the quarterfinals, the seconds that the American can compete after those in 2022.

Spain has only one tennis player left in the final draw of the Paris Masters 1000, Carlos Alcaraz, who will face the American Alex Michelsen this Wednesday.

The winner of the recent Vienna tournament, the fourth in a year, starts as the second favorite of the tournament.

Rafa Jodar, who made his debut in the top ten after reaching the final in Shanghai, fell this Tuesday in the second round against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, while Alejandro Davidovich withdrew before starting due to back problems.