The ATP Tour has rolled into Paris for the latest Masters 1000 event - Roger Federer is the biggest name to not be competing.
Just beginning third round matches, there have been some upsets already.
Sam Querrey (10) was ousted by Serbian qualifier Filip Krajinovic and veteran Nicolas Mahut defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (8), both in second round matches after first round byes.
All seeds had byes before their first matches.
Another Pablo was more successful - Pablo Cuevas - who beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (15).
Robin Haase dumped fourth seed Alexander Zverev while Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (11) lost to fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau. US Open finalist Kevin Anderson (12) has not managed to keep his New York form and departed Paris at the hands of Fernando Verdasco.
Other players expected to do well have done the job required early in the tournament, including Rafa Nadal (1), Marin Cilic (3), Dominic Thiem (5), Grigor Dimitrov (6) and David Goffin (7). All are through to the third round.
Juan Martin del Potro (13) is the first to make it to the round of sixteen, halting the run of Robin Haase.
The top eight women have only just completed the WTA Finals in Singapore, and this week it is the turn of the next tier of women to compete in a similar tournament to complete their year.
Held in Zhuhai, 12 women were seeded, Kristina Mladenovic the number one, down to Shuai Peng at 12, and then split into four groups of three for round robin matches.
To date, the players with two wins and no losses are Anastasija Sevastova (5), Coco Vandeweghe (2), and Ash Barty.(9).
With the points from those wins, the live WTA rankings have Sevastova sitting at a potential career high 14 and Barty a career high 16.
Elena Vesnina (6) and Magdalena Rybarikova (10) have matches in hand which could take Barty back to 18 in the world which would still be a career high.
However, if the Aussie keeps winning, and she is in a semi final, her ranking could end up better than 16, Already she is guaranteed to be the top ranked Australian female player at the end of 2017 - remarkable since she began the year ranked 271.
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