Rolex Paris Masters<\/a>, and his 34th Masters 1000 trophy, following a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 32-year-old Serb has reached his sixth ATP Tour final in 2019 and 50th ATP Masters 1000 final of his career.<\/p>\n
Neither player was able to earn a break point en route to the first set tie-break. After 3-5 deficit, Novak raised his level and won four points in a row to grab the opener. He won some epic 30+ shot rallies with consistent depth on his groundstrokes and great defence. The only break of the contest came at 2-2 in the second set. Djokovic kept his advantage and served out the match after one hour and 38 minutes of play.<\/p>\n
He has now beaten Dimitrov on nine of 10 occasions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Grigor up 5\/3 and 5\/4, serving twice, I managed to get returns into play and just make him play an extra shot,\u201d<\/strong> said Djokovic. \u201cAt the beginning of the second set, I was focused. I did well and managed to break his serve and hold my serve really well towards the end. I’m motivated to win my fifth Paris title. I want to do well tomorrow. I hope to find my best tennis.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMatch statistics: aces (5-7), double faults (4-1), winners (13-20), unforced errors (20-20), total points won (63-59).<\/p>\n
The world no.1 extended his unbeaten record in Bercy semi-finals to six matches. The only time he’s failed to win a final at this ATP Masters 1000 event was last season, when he surprisingly fell to Russia’s Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n
Novak, who has not dropped a set this week, will meet world no.28, Canadian Denis Shapovalov (3-0 career H2H mark), in Sunday’s title match (15:00 CET).<\/strong><\/p>\nSecond seed Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from semifinal after sustaining injury.
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