Alexander Zverev beat fierce rival Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters on Friday, while Holger Rune edged Alex de Minaur to keep alive his hopes of reaching the ATP Tour Finals.
Zverev's 7-5, 6-4 win over Tsitsipas kept him in the running to claim his first title in Paris after losing to Daniil Medvedev in the 2020 championship match.
"At the beginning, he was outplaying me but then I found my rhythm from the baseline," said Zverev on court.Indeed once Zverev broke late in the opener and early in the second, it became a comfortable ride to just his sixth win against his long-time Greek rival. But they soon found their range as the first set looked destined to require a tie-break to separate the pair on the quick surface at Paris' Bercy Arena.
Tsitsipas' shoulders visibly sagged as he offered up break point after break point at 1-1 in the second set. The dogged Rune finally relented when serving at 4-5, offering up three set points to De Minaur who duly converted with a well-constructed point in which he dragged the 21-year-old all over the court before dispatching an easy volley at the net.
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