Paris-Bercy Masters 1000, Alexander Zverev goes to the final and returns world No. 2

Masters 1000 Paris-Bercy, Alexander Zverev goes to the final and returns to world No. 2

In the first semifinal of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000, Germany’s Alexander Zverev, world number 3, beat Denmark’s Holger Rune, number 13, with a score of 6-3 7-6.

The decisive break of the first set in Zverev’s favor came at 2-1 in his favor after Sascha already had a’chance in the second game, then è he nullified two consecutive ones in the fifth avoiding the’immediate counterbreak.

Zverev fans another break at 3-3 in the second set but when he serves for the match he loses his serve for the first and only time, at 5-5 he has a’chance to get back ahead, he doesn’t take advantage of it, but then wins 7-4mil tie-beak that closes the match.

One’hour and three quarters the duration of the match at the end of which Zverev è already sure to return world No. 2 behind Jannik Sinner and bypassing Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, defeated in the round of 16 by French home favorite Ugo Humbert.