Ruthless Sinner beats Zverev to reach Paris final

Alexander Zverev was defeated by a brutal Jannik Sinner in the Paris Masters final, bringing one win away from regaining the top spot in the world.

World number three Zverev, who was listless throughout, won by Italy’s Sinner 6 to win 6-1.

Sinner, the champion of the Australian Open and Wimbledon, has won 25 straight games on indoor hard courts.

In the Sunday final, he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime, who will succeed Carlos Alcaraz in the top spot.

The 24-year-old said, “I’m very happy for Felix because he’s one of the nicest guys we have on tour.”

Zverev looked worn out from the start despite saving two match points in the lengthy quarter-final defeat of Daniil Medvedev on Friday.

Within 30 minutes, he lost the opening set, didn’t hold serve until the first game of the second, and had to save a break point as a result.

Sinner, however, was unstoppable, hitting eight aces and winning 90% of first-serve points without a single break point.

When he faces Auger-Aliassime, who defeated Alexander Bublik 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, he will compete for a fifth title of the year.