By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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A TieBreak Tug Tug of war culminated with Karen Khachanov Making the main attraction.
Khachanov denied the point of match in the 12th good match Alexander Zverev 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in a nearly three-hour thriller to advance in his second career ATP Masters 1000 Final in Toronto tonight.
The 16th Ran Russia reached its first ATP final 1000 since it was amazed Novak Djokovic To capture the 2018 Paris masters indoors.
Khachanov will face the winner of today’s All-American semifinal between the second second Taylor Fritz and fourth fourth Ben Shelton In the final of tomorrow.
The semifinal of the opening tonight was a match of the 2021 Gold Medal Olympic match to prevail 6-3, 6-1 without Zverev.
Although Khachanov took the armed court with an unbearable 2-21 record against senior opponents with 3 rankings, he showed a major mettle in the time of crisis-and was aided by a lucky bounce by the network that kept it in this narrow test.
“Overall I think today I also didn’t feel better in court, I didn’t play my best tennis,” Zverev said. “Also, the first group was terrible, so I gave him a head start, and he is very good not to use it.
“So, yes, I still had a match point, so it’s worrying that I lost this match. But that’s the way it is, we go on, I go to Cincinnati and try to do better.”
Dream Run continues
Karen Khachanov Alex Zverev 6-3 4-6 7-6 to reach his second masters 1000 final 🔥#Nbo25 Pic.twitter.com/vdbu7kfg0x
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) August 7 2025
Serving the match point in 5-6 in decision makers, Khachanov challenged Zverev’s shocked background. Germany lined up his two leaders and struck a liner who had won the winner of the match written throughout it.
The return crashed to the top of the bar, hanging in the air for a separate second, then pulled back to the side of the Zverev net while Khachanov breathed a sigh.
This comeback prompted Russian, who threw a foreword under the line holding to force the decisive connector.
When Zverev occupied a shaky volleyball winner, he rose 3-1 to Tiebreaker and seemingly commanding.
Khachanov had other ideas.
The 11th seed Khachanov was torn with five points in a row joining some backward mistakes and knocking a high vanguard volleyball. Zverev’s two-handed backhand is one of the best in the sport, but he scored that reliable weapon to face three game points in 6-3.
At his second point in the match, Khachanov scored the wider service, closing a two-hour, 52-minute battle.
It was Khachanov’s first 10th victory in the season, his first victory over Zverev since Montreal 2019 and sends it to his first final of the year.
At the opening set, Zverev more than doubled the winner of Khachanov Total – 11 to 5 – but Khachanov entered the only point of rest of the set and it made all the difference. Khachanov converted the only point of rest of the set for 3-1 and was consolidated for 4-1. The bearded Russia converted its third point for a lead with a set.
In Toronto’s quick court, no man stressed heavily in the second set to the last game when Khachanov played a terrible game and Zverev broke down to abduct the set and forced a decision maker.
This match scored for the eighth time in a match a match settled in the connector set in the final.
