Reacted the No. 13 seed, "He said that he will do everything to send me home. It’s nice that he lives in Paris and it’s not too far with the taxi."

He joins Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev in the elite eight-man field.

Fritz, Shelton, De Minaur and Musetti are holding steady at No. 5 to No. 8 in the race, but a lot of points are on offer this week.