Shelton into the Paris semifinals, Paul misses Turin

Ben Shelton beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Rolex Paris Masters and is through to the semifinals. For Paul the defeat ends his race for the ATP Finals in Turin, and the spot goes to Frances Tiafoe.

Paul arrived in Paris thirteenth in the Race on 2,735 points, and he needed at least the final to stay in contention. Until Friday the tournament had gone to plan: three wins, against Holger Rune, Daniel Merida and Quentin Halys, for his tenth Masters 1000 quarterfinal. Shelton, the No. 3 seed and already qualified for Turin, had come from behind against Arthur Rinderknech, beating him 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in the round of 16.

With this win Shelton moves 3-2 ahead in the head-to-head. In the Dallas 2024 semifinal it was Paul who won, 6-2, 6-4.

Winning the second set had reopened the road to Turin for Paul. Shelton closed it again by taking the third 6-3, and he will go to the Finals as a Paris semifinalist.