US tennis pro Taylor Fritz missed the leap into the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 tournament in Paris and thus no longer had a chance of participating in the ATP Finals in Turin.
Fritz had to admit defeat to Gilles Simon from France 5:7, 7:5, 4:6.
Fritz’s loss meant Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Russia’s Andrey Rublev secured the last vacancies in the final of the season’s top eight players (November 13-20).
Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev had previously qualified.
Defending champion Alexander Zverev is missing due to his foot injury.