World No. 3 Dominic Thiem has pulled out of next week's Rolex Paris Masters following his quarterfinal exit in Vienna.

The Rolex Paris Masters draw for 2019 took place on Friday 25th October Bercy, and while Roger Federer was in the draw, he has subsequently withdrawn after winning his 10th Basel title on Sunday. The Swiss indicated in press at the Swiss Indoors he hoped to the play tournament and given his light schedule, the odds of him taking to the court at.

The 27-year-old Austrian seemed to be troubled by his feet, and called the trainer during his 7-6(5), 6-2 defeat to Andrey Rublev on Friday. The defending champion and home favorite was playing his first event since Roland Garros.

• The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the AccorHotels Arena, in the neighborhood of Bercy. The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Tournament information.
• Daniil Medvedev was successful in Paris-Bercy. Here you can read the match in the live ticker. Alexander Zverev's 13th match win in a row and his fourth triumph in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament didn't come to anything.

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'I've had problems with a blister since the first round,' he told Austrian press. 'I always have problems, especially indoors. I felt it very strongly when I was playing and it got worse and worse with every slide, every rally.'

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Thiem added that he has played with the injury before, including during his title run in Vienna the year before, and tapes his feet three times to avoid problems. He later tweeted Saturday, 'As many of you already have seen, unfortunately, I had to withdraw from the Paris Bercy Masters this year, due to an injury on my right foot. My team and I decided that it is best to rest this week to be fully recovered for the ATP Nitto Finals.'

Along with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who will not defend his title at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris, Thiem's next tournament will be the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals.

Despite a 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal defeat to Lorenzo Sonego, Djokovic considered his week in Vienna a success after all but wrapping up the year-end No. 1 ranking. The Serbian will finish in the top spot unless Rafael Nadal wins the final three events on the calendar in Paris, Sofia—where the Spaniard would require a wild card—and London.

'I came here with the intention to try to earn more points and secure the No. 1,' Djokovic said. 'I have done that. I have done what I needed to do and why I came here. I am completely fine, and looking forward to the next chapter.'

Grigor Dimitrov also withdrew from Paris, citing a foot injury.

Alexander Zverev moved into the final of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy without any problems. The German defeated Rafael Nadal 6: 4 and 7: 5 and meets Daniil Medvedev on Sunday.

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last edit: Nov 07, 2020, 06:28 pm

What an idea from Alexander Zverev! The German number one gave Rafael Nadal no chance in the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy and won 6: 4 and 7: 5. This means that Zverev can play for his fourth title at 1000 level on Sunday - opponent will be the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who won against Milos Raonic 6: 4 and 7: 6 (4).

Zverev won the Masters events in Rome and Montreal in 2017, followed by victory in Madrid in 2018. Medvedev, in turn, won the winners trophies in Cincinnati and Shanghai in 2019. Exactly there he had little trouble with Zverev in the final.

Zverev wins against Nadal for the second time

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In Paris-Bercy the cards are being reshuffled. Zverev took his twelfth win in a row - the fourth in the French capital, which was preceded by eight successes at the two tournaments in Cologne. Against Nadal, Zverev made an early break in both sets - and only got into trouble in the sixth game of the second round. The Spaniard could not use his two break chances. Zverev then missed four chances for the double break.

That should take revenge first. Because Nadal managed his first break in the eighth game of the second act. When the score was 5: 5 and 30:30, Zverev lifted a volley to the edge of the net, the ball plopped into the field on Nadal's side. Zverev gladly took the break chance, took the lead 6: 5 after a mistake by Nadal. And served confidently after 98 minutes of playing time.

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For Zverevs it was the second victory in the seventh duel with Nadal. Germany's number one also won the most recent game to date: at the 2019 ATP final in London. In head-to-head with his final opponent Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev leads 5-1.

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