To get a place in the last four, Zverev dismissed the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8th) 7-5, 6-4, freshly qualified for the Masters at the end of the season in Turin (November 14-21).
Pushed to its limits the day before by Grigor Dimitrov, ex-world No. 3 today 30th, the 24-year-old German had much less difficulty in mastering Ruud, dominated in just over an hour and a half, even if he admitted to being "very tired" at the end of the meeting.
The German Alexander Zverev, winner of the Norwegian Casper Ruud, in the quarter-final of the Masters 1000 in Paris, November 5, 2021 at the AccorHotels Arena Anne-Christine POUJOULAT AFP
A year ago, Medvedev won 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in the Paris room then behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"I still remember last year's final: it's exactly the same match, but with all of you," Zverev told the Parisian audience.
"I hope that the result will be different also because of the public, because it brings a lot of energy. I hope that I will have a little support tomorrow (Saturday)", he added.
Titled in Vienna last Sunday, for the fifth time this season, after Acapulco, Madrid, Cincinnati and Olympic gold in Tokyo, Zverev is now eight matches in a row.
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