Musetti beats Hurkacz in Paris and meets new No. 1 Zverev in round two

Musetti wins in two tie-breaks

Lorenzo Musetti beat Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(3), 7-6 at the Rolex Paris Masters on Monday, 2 November, in a match that lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Both sets were settled by tie-breaks, and in each of them the 24-year-old Italian played the breaker better, although Hurkacz, five years older, had held two set points. Neither player broke the other's serve in either set, and both held their service games with ease, according to RMF24. Hurkacz finished with 26 errors against 13 for Musetti, and RMF24 identified that error count as the main difference between them.

Hubert Hurkacz26

Lorenzo Musetti13

Hubert Hurkacz

26

Lorenzo Musetti

13

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Hurkacz's route to Paris

Hurkacz chose only two indoor events in Europe because of an intense run of tournaments in Asia. He first played the ATP 500 in Basel, where Holger Rune beat him 3:6, 6:3, 7:6(7) after Hurkacz had a match point in the third-set tie-break. The Paris draw took place on Friday, 30 October, and placed him against Musetti in the first round. Hurkacz is ranked 29th and Musetti 24th, and Musetti led their head-to-head 3-2 before Monday's match. Interia reported that Musetti had won the 250-level title in Lyon at the end of October.

Zverev awaits in round two

Musetti will face Alexander Zverev in the second round, and it will be the first match of Zverev's time as world No. 1. Zverev took the top spot from Jannik Sinner, and his first match at the top of the rankings will be against an Italian. Adnkronos noted that Musetti won his first match at the Rolex Paris Masters since 2022 and that this was his fourth straight win over a top-30 player. Adnkronos also counted the Zverev match as Musetti's fifth meeting of 2026 against a top-10 player, where he holds a 3-1 record, and his 53rd career meeting against a top-10 player, where his record stands at 17-35.

Other Polish interest in Paris

Jan Zieliński also plays in Paris on Monday, 2 November, partnering the Australian Mark Polmans in doubles. The pair face the Argentines Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Hurkacz's exit leaves Zieliński as the main Polish player still in the tournament's draw on that day.