Lorenzo Musetti beat Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(3), 7-6(10) in the Rolex Paris Masters first round, according to the tournament's 2 November 2026 report. The Italian held on after Hurkacz threatened to force a deciding set.
Musetti closes a serve-led contest
The tournament's match account says Hurkacz saved three match points in the second-set tie-break and created two set points of his own. Musetti eventually closed the match after a prolonged exchange of chances. Both sets had already stayed on serve long enough to reach tie-breaks, making the closing points decisive.
SportsRivo checked the tournament account against Tennis Majors' report from Paris. The latter says neither player lost serve, and Musetti saved the only break point he faced. That additional match detail explains why the tournament's account centres on the tie-breaks rather than a shift of momentum through a service break.
Musetti, the Italian player, told Tennis Majors that the match was “one of my best performances on serve”. The comment accords with the absence of breaks reported by the outlet, although Hurkacz's late resistance made the finish considerably tighter than the straight-set score alone suggests.
Paris return after early exits
Tennis Majors notes Musetti's 2022 Paris quarter-final run. Tennis Majors reports that he then lost his opening match in each of the next three editions. This victory ended that sequence and returned him to the event's second round after a series of early exits.
Musetti arrived after winning the Lyon title, according to the tournament report. His opening opponent, Hurkacz, matched him through two close sets, but the Italian converted his fourth match point. The next opponent named by the tournament is Alexander Zverev, whom it describes as the new world number one.
What the win changes
- Musetti advances to face Zverev in the second round, as confirmed by the Rolex Paris Masters match report.
- Hurkacz exits after holding every service game; Tennis Majors says neither player was broken.
- Musetti has his first win at the event since the quarter-final run cited by the tournament and Tennis Majors.
Zverev waits in the next round
The tournament's published pairing places Musetti against Zverev next. Its report confirms the opponent but gives no completed result for that meeting, so the second-round contest remains ahead of Musetti at this news cutoff.
Source: Rolex Paris Masters