Fils qualifies for ATP Finals after Halys beats Tiafoe

Arthur Fils qualified for the ATP Finals for the first time after Quentin Halys defeated Frances Tiafoe in the second round of the Paris Masters on November 4. Halys won 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(7), securing Fils’s place in the eight-player season-ending tournament before Fils played his own second-round match against Tomas Machac. Fils is the first French player to qualify since Gaël Monfils in 2016 and will be the 10th Frenchman to compete in the event. The world No. 7 joined Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev and Flavio Cobolli among the qualifiers. Jannik Sinner has also qualified but will not compete because of an injury, leaving two places available, according to tournament reporting. The ATP Finals are scheduled for November 15-22 in Turin. Fils’s qualification follows a season in which he won the Cincinnati Open, his first Masters 1000 title, and the Barcelona Open. He also reached the semifinals in Miami and Madrid, according to one account of his season. His results at the four Grand Slam tournaments were more limited. Fils missed the Australian Open and French Open through injury, according to Reuters, and won one match across Wimbledon and the US...