Paris Masters 2024 Semi Remaining Recap


Alexander Zverev and Ugo Humbert will do battle in Sunday’s 2024 Rolex Paris Masters remaining after the pair got here via Saturday’s semi-finals.

Zverev was the primary to e-book his spot, comfortably seeing off the champion from two years in the past, Holger Rune, with one other stable serving day.

Ugo Humbert then continued to feed off the group, additionally taking out a former champion, Karen Khachanov, in a three-set battle that lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes.

The recap, stats and highlights from each semi-finals are beneath.

Rolex Paris Masters 2024 Semi-Remaining Outcomes

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Winner Loser Scoreline
Alexander Zverev (3) Holger Rune (13) 6-3 7-6(4)
Ugo Humbert (15) Karen Khachanov 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3

Zverev Too Robust For Rune

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Sascha Zverev proved too robust for former Champion Holger Rune in Saturday’s first semi-final, overcoming the Dane 6-3, 7-6(4) in 1 hour and 47 minutes.

The German is correct up there on the serving stats leaderboard this season, and he’s continued that type in Paris.

Within the first set, he was dominant, shifting up an early break and sustaining his benefit all through. He saved two break factors within the fifth sport to steer 4-1 earlier than taking the set 6-3.

Rune is a participant who’s at all times up for a scrap, and in the beginning of set two, he started to play higher, firing in a few love holds to get some momentum.

Nonetheless, Zverev wasn’t going anyplace, and he broke to steer 4-3 with some rock-solid play. Quickly, he was serving for the match however failed to take action.

The fantastic thing about Paris is the court-height digital camera, which lets you see simply how tamely he performed that sport, which allowed Rune to interrupt again.

Serving out a match is probably the most difficult job within the sport, however Zverev confirmed barely any conviction in his play, which price him.

Luckily for him, it solely made issues barely extra complicated, and he performed a cleaner tiebreak to maneuver via in a single hour and 47 minutes.

Exterior of the 2 gamers on the courtroom, Rune’s loss and Tommy Paul’s withdrawal from Belgrade imply that Grigor Dimitrov finishes the 12 months inside the highest 10 for the primary time since 2017 and solely the second time in his profession.

I really feel like I made it a bit of troublesome for myself however he’s a champion. It’s most likely his favorite match and favorite courtroom, however I’m completely happy to be in my second remaining right here. I’m wanting ahead to it. Zverev on his win.

Match Stats

  Holger Rune Alexander Zverev
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 2 3%
1st Serve Proportion 61% 67%
1st Serve Factors Received 72% (33/46) 82% (37/45)
2nd Serve Factors Received 48% (14/29) 59% (13/22)
Break Factors Saved 60% (3/5) 67% (2/3)
1st Return Factors Received 18% (8/45) 28% (13/46)
2nd Return Factors Received 41% (9/22) 52% (15/29)
Break Factors Transformed 33% (1/3) 40% (2/5)
Winners 26 26
Unforced Errors 36 25
Internet Factors Received 82% (9/11) 72% (13/18)
Service Factors Received 63% (47/75) 75% (50/67)
Return Factors Received 25% (17/67) 37% (28/75)
Whole Factors Received 45% (64/142) 55% (78/142)
Service Video games Received 80% (8/10) 91% (10/11)
Return Video games Received 9% (1/11) 20% (2/10)
Whole Video games Received 43% (9/21) 57% (12/21)

Highlights

Humbert Knocks Out Cramping Khachanov

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Ugo Humbert turned the primary Frenchman to make a Masters 1000 remaining since Gael Monfils in 2016 (Monte-Carlo) after coming from a set right down to defeat 2018 champion Karen Khachanov 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3.

Humbert has been feeding off the fervent Bercy crowd all week, and his explosive, gung-ho tennis model has created an electrical environment, particularly when he’s behind within the scoreboard like in the present day.

Khachanov is the polar reverse of sport model, enjoying methodically from the baseline, and he captured a really aggressive first set by way of a tiebreak after the pair had each exchanged two breaks of serve within the first twelve video games.

Within the second set, Humbert started to crush the ball off each wings and whereas Khachanov stayed in contact, a break of serve within the fifth sport was sufficient to assist the Frenchman stage.

The decider regarded like one other nailbiter, however on the 3-2 changeover, Khachanov wanted a medical timeout for a leg downside.

On resumption, he was damaged, and after that, he didn’t win one other level within the match, as Humbert held to like and broke once more to like to maneuver into his maiden Masters 1000 remaining.

It was a disappointing finish for the Russian, who was in any other case aggressive all through the two-and-a-half units. And I’ll say there have been some considerably over-the-top reactions from Humbert when successful factors in opposition to an injured opponent. That, mixed together with his tactical medical timeout in opposition to Thompson yesterday, doesn’t look nice.

Match Stats

  Karen Khachanov Ugo Humbert
Aces 11 9
Double Faults 1 4
1st Serve Proportion 65% 66%
1st Serve Factors Received 68% (44/65) 69% (45/65)
2nd Serve Factors Received 40% (14/35) 55% (18/33)
Break Factors Saved 50% (5/10) 50% (2/4)
1st Return Factors Received 31% (20/65) 32% (21/65)
2nd Return Factors Received 45% (15/33) 60% (21/35)
Break Factors Transformed 50% (2/4) 50% (5/10)
Winners 26 32
Unforced Errors 19 22
Internet Factors Received 80% (4/5) 78% (14/18)
Service Factors Received 58% (58/100) 64% (63/98)
Return Factors Received 36% (35/98) 42% (42/100)
Whole Factors Received 47% (93/198) 53% (105/198)
Service Video games Received 69% (11/16) 87% (13/15)
Return Video games Received 13% (2/15) 31% (5/16)
Whole Video games Received 42% (13/31) 58% (18/31)

Highlights

Paris Masters 2024 Remaining

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  • Alexander Zverev (3) vs Ugo Humbert (15)

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