The Norwegian Casper Ruud, world N.3 and double Grand Slam finalist in 2022, was stopped in the round of 16 of the Paris Masters 1000 by the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (23rd) 4-6, 6-4, 6- 4 Thursday.
Massaged in the adductors at the end of the second set, Ruud lost on a final winning volley from Musetti after 2h19 min of play.
The 23-year-old Norwegian, finalist at Roland-Garros and the US Open this year, will now head to Turin for the end-of-season Masters (November 13-20).
In the quarter-finals, his very first in Masters 1000, Musetti (20) will face him Novak Djokovic or the Russian Karen Khachanov.
His success against Ruud is the first victory of his career against a top 5 player.