Paris Masters News
Cressy fought back in the first set, saving three break points with his all-out attack, but Djokovic easily won the set with two double faults in the tie-break.
Novak Djokovic was looking to avoid ending a season without a Masters title for the first time since 2017 and kept his focus throughout to accomplish his mission.
Zverev made sure three of the world's top four will compete in the last four after he toppled Casper Ruud
On Saturday Djokovic will meet Hurkacz while Medvedev will lock horns with Zverev
Medvedev will face Hugo Gaston in the next match.
Djokovic faces Taylor Fritz next.
Zverev plays next sixth-seeded Casper Ruud.
Djokovic played his first match after U.S Open final in September.
Djokovic showed signs of rustiness due to the long break.
Djokovic will rank no.1 in 2021 too if he wins the Paris Masters.
A double fault earned the Russian player Medvedev his eighth ATP title after two hours and seven minutes.
Medvedev, 24, had more energy in the deciding set and made the most of his opportunities against an inconsistent Zverev.
Both players will take part in the season-ending ATP Tour Finals at the O2 in London from November 15-22.
Nadal says the Paris Masters has been a "positive tournament" for him despite semi-final defeat to Zverev.
Nadal hopes it will help him in his bid for a maiden ATP Finals title this month.
The Spaniard world number two went down 6-4 7-5 to German fourth seed Zverev.
Rafael Nadal will meet German fourth seed Alexander Zverev, who beat Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6(1), in the last-four clash.
Carreno Busta needed to lift the trophy at Bercy, and at next week`s Sofia Open, to deny Schwartzman a spot in the ATP Finals.
Milos Raonic, on the other hand, had to dig deep to beat 22-year-old Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7) in Paris.
With thw win, Nadal has now reached the quarter-finals in all eight appearances at the indoor tournament.
Nadal will next lock horns with fellow countryman Pablo Carreno Busta for a place in the semi-final of the Paris Masters.
Earlier, sixth seed Diego Schwartzman eased past Spanish qualifier Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1, 6-1.
Rafael Nadal clinched his 1,000th ATP Tour victory after beating his fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 4-6,7-6(5), 6-4.
Nadal has become just the fourth player to achieve the feat in the Open Era after Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan Lendl (1,068).
The 20-times Grand Slam champion will now lock horns with Australia`s Jordan Thompson in the last 16 clash.
World number one and Serbian tennis maestro will head into the Paris Masters 2020 as defending champion after he had defeated Canadian player Denis Shapovalov at last year's summit showdown.
Nadal came to London as current world No. 1 but needs to win more matches for ending this season in the top position, as Serbian Djokovic is only 640 points behind him.
World number one Novak Djokovic saw off Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3 6-4 to win a record-extending fifth Paris Masters title on Sunday in a warning to his rivals ahead of the ATP Finals.
With the win, 33-year-old Nadal has now improved his ATP Head-to-Head rivalry against Tsonga to 10-4.
On Friday, the Serbian tennis maestro hardly broke a sweat as he eased past Greek tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1, 6-2 in a one-sided quarter-final match that lasted just 58 minutes.
Bopanna and Shapovalov suffered a 5-7, 7-6, 8-10 defeat against the Russian duo of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublov in a thrilling last-eight clash
Bopanna and Shapovalov have now set up a last-eight clash against the Russian pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublov for a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing tournament.
With the win, Nadal has now improved his ATP Head-to-Head rivalry against Wawrinka to 19-3.
Nadal will now lock horns with Swiss star Stan Wawrinka, who fended off Croatia's Marin Cilic 7-6(3), 7-6(5) in under two hours to storm into the second round.
Djokovic, who was stunned by Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters earlier this month, will look to improve his ATP Head-to-Head series 4-1 against Edmund.
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