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: Rune joins Zverev in the last four in

: Rune joins Zverev in the last four in
Tennis: Rune joins Zverev in the last four in Paris

World No.13 Holger Rune, crowned in 2022 at Bercy, returned to the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in at the expense of No.10 Alex de Minaur, beaten 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Friday.

The young Dane will face world No.3 Alexander Zverev on Saturday for a place in the final.

Even beaten, De Minaur took advantage of his Parisian week to narrowly place himself among the top 8 in the Race, the ranking established over the calendar year which determines the eight qualified for the end-of-year Masters (10-17 November in Turin), with 3,745 points.

But Grigor Dimitrov, still in the running in Paris (3,340 points before his quarter-final), or even Andrey Rublev (3,720 pts), and Holger Rune, if he wins again in the Parisian room (3,025 pts with his half -final), can still believe it. There will remain up to 250 points to be gleaned next week in Belgrade and .

Not to mention the question mark around the participation or not of Novak Djokovic, who chose not to play in Paris this week.

In the first set, a break, to lead 3 games to 2, was enough for Rune to go halfway to the last four.

From 4 everywhere, 0-30 on his serve, to 5-4 0-40 on that of his opponent, De Minaur managed to prolong the debates until a decisive set by converting his second set point with a volley. right.

The 25-year-old Australian made up for a break by recovering at 3 all, but Rune had the last word by once again seizing his opponent's serve to win after almost two and a half hours of play. .

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