Sinner to face FAA in Paris Masters Final

Second seed Jannik Sinner reached his maiden final at the Paris Masters today easily beating  a clearly hampered Alexander Zverev 6-0, 6-1.

The 24 year old Italian extended to 25 his win streak on indoor hard courts, to set up a final meeting with Felix Auger Aliassime .

Sinner is into his ninth ATP Masters 1000 final, and his third of the season, after falling at the final hurdle to Carlos Alcaraz in both Rome and Cincinnati.

The second-seeded Italian was ruthless from start to finish, firing 23 winners and conceding just 12 unforced errors.

Zverev, who won this title in Paris Bercy last year saved two match points to overhaul Daniil Medvedev in the quarter finals.

However in today’s  semi final with Sinner he struggled with his movement and breathing.

This win puts Sinner just 100 points behind Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP Rankings and if he wins the title here on Sunday he will reclaim the World No.1 spot.

In the final he will face in form Felix Auger-Aliassime, a prolific performer on the indoor courts who continued his end of season run with an impressive 7-6(3), 6-4 semi-final victory over Alexander Bublik in the La Defense Arena in just 96 minutes.

The ninth-seeded Canadian was clinical in his ATP Masters 1000  and replaces Lorenzo Musetti  in the final qualification spot for the ATP Finals in Turin.

After his win FAA said “I’m so happy. A Masters 1000 final sounds really good,”

“You don’t play those finals every week. Hopefully I can go all the way and get the title. In terms of today and even the past matches,,, You get into a Masters, and every match is tough.

“You wake up on a day and feel, ‘This guy is playing good, everybody is playing good’. So you’re always curious and bit nervous to see how your game is going to match up.

I have deep self confidence in my game. I know what I can do against the best players in the world, but you still have to go and execute. Today I did really well and I’m happy with the result.”