No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner celebrated his 400th tour-level match by ousting No. 5 seed Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Rolex Paris Masters on Friday.

The Italian moved one step closer to regaining the No. 1 world ranking from Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Due to Alcaraz's first-round upset this week, Sinner can move past him by winning the ATP Masters 1000 title, which would be his first of 2025.

Sinner's win was no easy feat, as Shelton has enjoyed a career year and just this week qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time.

Sinner won 80% of both his first-service points (24 of 30) and his second-serve points (8 of 10) to keep control of the match. He also capitalized on Shelton's second serves, winning 12 of 17 points on his second return (70.6%).

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