Zverev tested by Dimitrov at Paris Masters as Monfils injury gives Djokovic walkover into QFs

Zverev,
who
last
in
last
year’s
final,
saw
match
points
slip
from
his
grasp
in
the
second
set
as
Dimitrov
levelled
the
match,
however,
he
eventually
prevailed
on
Thursday.

World
number
one
Novak
Djokovic
benefited
from
a
walkover,
while
Daniil
Medvedev
also
moved
through
to
the
quarter-finals
of
the
ATP
Masters
1000
event.

Final
8!@AlexZverev
secures
his
spot
in
the
QF
following
a
thrilling
match
against
Dimitrov
that
he
defeats
in
three
sets
7-6(4)
6-7(3)
6-3.#RolexParisMasters
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—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

November
4,
2021

Zverev
outlasts
Dimitrov

Olympic
Games
gold
medallist
Zverev
had
to
dig
deep
for
his
7-6
(7-4)
6-7
(3-7)
6-3
win
over
former
world
number
three
Dimitrov.

It
was
Zverev’s
seventh
win
on
the
bounce,
but
he
was
well
aware
of
just
how
deep
he
had
to
dig
to
see
off
a
resilient
Dimitrov.

“Incredible
match,”
Zverev,
who
won
a
fifth
tour
title
of
the
year
last
week
at
the
Vienna
Open,
said
afterwards.
“Grigor
is
playing
very
high-level
tennis
and
I
had
to
leave
everything
out
there.

“I
think
it
was
a
very
high-level
match
and
it
could
have
gone
both
ways,
especially
the
third
set.
I
am
happy
with
how
things
went
in
the
end.”

“It’s
been
an
unbelievable
year
that
will
have
the
perfect
end
to
the
season.”
????

????????

@CasperRuud98
becomes
the
first
Norwegian
ever
to
earn
a
spot
at
the
season
finale
????

#NittoATPFinals
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—
ATP
Tour
(@atptour)

November
4,
2021

Djokovic
moves
through
without
playing

There
was
no
such
ordeal
for
top
seed
Djokovic,
however.

Djokovic
–
a
20-time
grand
slam
champion
–
received
a
walkover
after
Gael
Monfils
was
advised
not
to
continue
with
the
tournament
due
to
an
adductor
issue
sustained
in
his
previous
win
over
Adrian
Mannarino.

Taylor
Fritz
awaits
five-time
Paris
champion
Djokovic
after
the
American
saw
off
10th
seed
Norrie
6-3
7-6
(7-3),
while
Casper
Ruud
will
tussle
with
Zverev.

Ruud’s
emphatic
6-2
6-1
demolition
of
Marcos
Giron
clinched
a
historic
achievement
for
the
22-year-old
–
who
became
the
first
Norwegian
to
qualify
for
the
ATP
Finals
at
the
end
of
a
breakthrough
year
in
which
no
player
can
better
his
five
tour-level
titles.

Hubert
Hurkacz
did
his
chances
of
joining
Ruud
in
Turin
no
harm
as
the
Polish
seventh
seed
–
who
holds
the
last
automatic
qualifying
berth
–
fought
back
to
defeat
Dominik
Koepfer
4-6
7-5
6-2
and
set
up
a
meeting
with
James
Duckworth,
who
beat
Alexei
Popyrin
7-6
(8-6)
6-4.

Second
seed
and
US
Open
champion
Medvedev
was
another
who
had
to
come
from
behind
before
ultimately
seeing
off
Sebastian
Korda
4-6
6-1
6-3.

He
will
go
up
against
Hugo
Gaston,
who
became
the
first
French
qualifier
to
reach
the
Paris
Masters
quarter-finals
since
1990
with
his
win
over
Carlos
Alcaraz.