Jannik Sinner now a win away from returning to No. 1 after storming into final in Paris

Jannik Sinner is into the first Rolex Paris Masters final of his career after a ruthless 6-0, 6-1 semifinal victory over Alexander Zverev.

Zverev was coming off a grueling 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) quarterfinal victory over Daniil Medvedev, which finished late on Friday night.

But Sinner needed just 62 minutes to end the German's run at the final four stage, and is now through to his ninth ATP final of the year (going 4-4 in the first eight) as well as the ninth Masters 1000 final of his career (also going 4-4 in the first eight).

Additionally, Sinner is now one win away from returning to No. 1. If he wins the title on Sunday, he'll take the top spot back from Carlos Alcaraz when the new ATP rankings come out on Monday.

The Italian has spent 65 career weeks at No. 1, all consecutively, between June 10th, 2024 and September 7th, 2025, when Alcaraz took it back from him after winning this year's US Open.

Six days ago, Sinner and Zverev met in the Vienna final, with Sinner surviving, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, after two hours and 28 minutes.

But their Paris clash couldn't have been any different, as Zverev only managed to win one game, holding in the first game of the second set—and Sinner had a break point in that game, too.

At the end of the day the Italian was just too sharp, finishing the match with almost twice as many winners as unforced errors, 23 to 12, which includes more than three times as many winners as unforced errors off of his forehand side, 13 to 4.

Zverev, meanwhile, had 6 winners and 20 unforced errors.

"Obviously I'm happy to be in the final but it's not how you want to arrive," Sinner said in his on-court interview. "Playing against Sascha is always a very special occasion, playing in a packed stadium, but today he was clearly not 100%. We saw that he was struggling physically. He had a tight schedule the past months.

"Yesterday an incredible match he won, two match points down, and it's difficult mentally—also physically, because he made the final in Vienna, then here making semis again. It's an incredible run for him, and we all hope that he gets better for Turin now."

Awaiting Sinner in the final will be Felix Auger-Aliassime, who won a tighter two-setter against Alexander Bublik in the first semifinal of the day on Saturday, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

The two are tied in their head-to-head, 2-2, but while Auger-Aliassime's two wins came back in 2022, Sinner's two wins have both come in 2025, in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati (6-0, 6-2) and in the semifinals of the US Open (6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

The Canadian will qualify for the ATP Finals if he wins the title.

"He's playing incredible tennis at the moment. He's improved a lot, especially in the past months," Sinner commented.

"I'm very happy for Felix. He's one of the nicest guys we have on tour, and sharing the final with him is going to be special."

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