Nearing the end of his terrific breakthrough year when he discovered tennis life really can begin at 30, Jordan Thompson has achieved another landmark by reaching the Paris Masters quarter-finals.
With a hard-earned 7-5 7-6 (7-5) win over French local favourite Adrian Mannarino on Thursday, the dogged Sydneysider was left celebrating a place in the last eight of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in 28 attempts stretching back seven years.
After a 2024 campaign in which he won his first ATP singles crown in Los Cabos and a maiden grand slam doubles title at the US Open, 'Thommo' is now in uncharted territory in Bercy with a quarter-final against home favourite Ugo Humbert.
