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The third-seeded German saved the only break
point he faced.
Zverev, the French Open runner-up, next faces 2022 champion
Holger Rune for a shot at the title. He's into his third Paris
semifinals in the past four years, though he's never won the
hard-court tournament.
The first break point opportunity came in the 11th game as
Tsitsipas struggled with his first serve. Zverev got the break
for 6-5 on an unforced error.
Tsitsipas then saved two set points but squandered his only
break point chance with his 17th unforced error before Zverev
closed out the set.
Zverev broke again in the third game of the second set to take
full control. He rattled off 12 straight points in his final
three service games.
With the victory, Zverev became the first player born in the
1990s to record 100 wins over top-20 players. Daniil Medvedev is
on 99.
The 10th-seeded Tsitsipas, who reached the ATP Finals for five
consecutive years, had 28 unforced errors to 18 winners.
Rune outlasted Alex de Minaur 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a 2 1/2-hour
baseline fight. Rune improved to 3-2 against the Australian.
Grigor Dimitrov's hopes of making the ATP Finals were set back
after the 2023 finalist was upset by 2018 champion Karen
Khachanov 6-2, 6-3 for the first time. Khachanov lost their four
previous matches.
Dimitrov was 10th in the race to the top-eight ATP Finals in
Turin.
Khachanov improved to 12-1 in the last three weeks after winning
the Almaty title and reaching the Vienna final.
He'll face in the semifinals local hope Ugo Humbert, who
defeated Jordan Thompson of Australia 6-2, 7-6 (4) a day after
stunning Carlos Alcaraz.
Humbert has reached his first Masters semifinal, and he's the
first Frenchman to go this far in Paris in seven years.
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