French number one Ugo Humbert will play the unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson on Friday for a place in the semi-finals at the Paris Masters after outmuscling the world number two Carlos Alcaraz in three sets in the last-16.
Humbert, the 15th seed, came through the encounter with the French Open champion 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and and 17 minutes.