Teen world No.1 withdraws with 'scary' injury

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Novak Djokovic stayed connected people for a record-extending seventh Paris Masters rubric by dispatching Lorenzo Musetti 6-0 6-3 successful the quarterfinals connected Saturday (AEDT).

Djokovic, who has titles successful Israel and Kazakhstan this season, is chasing a record-extending 39th Masters title.

The ATP Masters 1000 features the top-ranked players connected the ATP tour and runs crossed 9 tournaments connected the calendar. Champions astatine Masters 1000 events are awarded 1,000 ATP Rankings points.

Musetti caused Djokovic problems successful the French Open 4th circular past year, starring by 2 sets earlier retiring successful the fifth.

But not this time, arsenic the sixth-seeded Serb bulldozed the archetypal acceptable successful 24 minutes against the unseeded Italian.

They swapped breaks astatine the commencement of the 2nd acceptable arsenic Musetti concisely rallied for 2-2.

Serving for the match, Djokovic held to emotion and clinched triumph erstwhile Musettei swiped a chaotic forehand into the net.

Djokovic adjacent faces Stefanos Tsitsipas aft the fifth-seeded Greek won 6-2 6-4 against unseeded American Tommy Paul, who knocked retired Rafael Nadal successful the 2nd round.

Djokovic leads Tsitsipas 8-2, with the past 3 of Djokovic's 7 consecutive wins each coming successful finals — including a five-set thriller astatine past year’s French Open wherever Djokovic rallied from 2 sets down.

Earlier, top-ranked subordinate Carlos Alcaraz was stopped by unseeded Dane, Holger Rune, who reached his archetypal semis astatine Masters level.

In a lucifer pitting the 19-year-old erstwhile inferior doubles partners against 1 another, Rune was starring 6-3 6-6 and 3-1 successful the tiebreaker erstwhile the US Open champion Alcaraz retired a fewer minutes aft having attraction connected an abdominal musculus astatine the changeover.

“I thought it was a large match. Unlucky for him,” Rune said.

“We some played precise good and I was ace focused. It was an astonishing crowd, astonishing tennis, truthful I’m ace pleased with however I handled everything.”

Speaking afterwards, Alcaraz confirmed the wounded whitethorn support him from contesting the ATP Finals.

"I'm gonna spell backmost location and bash the needed exams to spot however atrocious the wounded is. I was struggling today. There was nary mode I could continue," helium said.

Rune adjacent faces eighth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. He bushed No.16 Frances Tiafoe 6-1 6-4 to enactment connected way for a 4th consecutive title. The Canadian had 8 aces and faced nary interruption points.

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