By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, November 1, 2025
Photo: Rolex Paris Masters Facebook
Trampling up the pitch in a series of kangaroo jumps, Jannik the Sinner looked like a man ready to jump the Eiffel Tower in a single bound.
A flying Sinner flew past a tired one Alexander Zverev 6-0, 6-1 advancing to his first Rolex Paris Masters final today.
Six days ago, Sinner rallied in front of the second seed Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to capture his 22nd career title—and Vienna’s second championship in the last three years.
In today’s rematch, Zverev ran on empty before the match even started. Drained saving two match points in away duel Daniel Medvedev 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) late last night, Zverev looked exhausted and unanswered three games into this semi-final.
The leading Sinner dethroned the reigning champions in a 62-minute sack to record his 25th consecutive indoor victory.
“Today, he wasn’t 100 percent clear,” Sinner said of Zverev. “We saw that he was struggling physically. He had a very busy schedule in the last months. Yesterday, an unbelievable match he won. Two points less matches, it’s also tough mentally and obviously physically because he made the finals in Vienna, he came here, he makes the semi-finals again.
“It’s an incredible run for him. We all hope he improves for Turin now. For my part, I’m obviously very happy to be in the final.”
‘We all hope he gets better’ 👍@JannikSinner with kind words for @AlexZverev after today’s victory in #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/OiToo38scP
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 1, 2025
It is Sinner’s 32nd career final, including his ninth in 11 starts this season.
Continuing his quest to earn the No. 1 in the world at the end of the year, Sinner will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in tomorrow’s final with the no. 1 of the world online. If Sinner becomes the first Italian to win the special Rolex Paris Masters title trophy, he will replace Carlos Alcaraz as world No.1.
Earlier, 10th-ranked Auger-Aliassime drilled 12 aces and won 34 of her 40 first-serve points to beat Alexander Bublik 7-6(3), 6-4 joining Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov as the third Canadian to reach the Rolex Paris Masters final.
Auger-Aliassime advanced to his fifth final of the season and moved past Italian Lorenzo Musetti for eighth place in the ATP Live Tour to Turin as he looks to qualify for the ATP Finals for the second time.
Wimbledon winner Sinner has split four meetings with Auger-Aliassime, winning both of their 2025 meetings. Sinner stopped the Canadian 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open semifinals in September, just weeks after posting a crushing 6-0, 6-2 victory in the Cincinnati quarterfinals.
We’re 2-2, but obviously he’s the favorite on paper because we played a good game I think in New York. I think it was good tennis,” Auger-Aliassime said. “But he still got the best of me. Of course, the first times I won it was before he was Jannik, you know. It was like the new Jannik.
“He’s improved a lot since then. But it’s always good to play with him. I feel like he pushes players to be very, very tactically disciplined and execute their game, you know, almost perfectly to win. You know, you have to be ready to play your best tennis and not make free mistakes. So I’m going to try to do that and win tomorrow.”
Even though Sinner has looked a little rowdy this week, he was flying high from the start.
In a rematch of the Australian Open final, a leaping Sinner hit a forehand crosscourt for his second break for a 3-0 lead.
Several more Zverev forehands lost the point, including a forehand on break point, as Sinner notched his third break of the set for a 5-0 lead after just 25 minutes of play.
One problem for Zverev: The sinner was punching him at rallies with his hand. A bigger problem: The former Olympic gold medalist looked physically depleted from his two-hour, 30-minute comeback against Daniil Medvedev late Friday night.
Lasering a 102 mph hand blast into the corner for the set point, Sinner rocketed his third ace down the T to cap the 30-minute opener. Sinner won 12 of 16 service points and doubled Zverev’s total points overall—27 to 13.
A year after Zverev defeated Frenchman Ugo Humbert, 6-2, 6-2, to capture the 2024 Rolex Paris Masters crown, he finally held after 40 minutes of play to start the second set. Zverev asked the tournament doctor after this hold.
A despondent Zverev missed a couple of backhands as Sinner won his fourth break point of the semi-final for a 2-1 lead in the second set.
To the NINETH 🔥@janniksin takes Zverev 6-0 6-1 to reach his ninth Masters final and ninth final of 2025! #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/jyePE9SwYP
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 1, 2025
This was Zverev’s last stand.
Sinner, who served 68 percent, hit 8 aces and won 19 of 21 first-serve points, went down in 62 minutes when Zverev hit a final forehand.
