Alexander Zverev reached the Paris Masters final for the second time after beating former champion Holger Rune 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Saturday. The 2020 runner-up next plays 15th-seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert,

Alexander Zverev overcame a brief second-set hiccup as he beat Holger Rune 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday to reach the final of the Paris Masters tournament for the second time. Third seed Zverev failed to serve out the match at 5-4 but regrouped in the deciding tie-break where he wrapped up matters against the 2022 champion Rune with a backhand volley on second match point after 1 hour 46 minutes.

Zverev improved to 23-13 in tour finals and became the second German player to win in Paris after Boris Becker. He will overtake Alcaraz to move into second place in the new ATP r