World primary Novak Djokovic held off Holger Rune to succeed in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters.
Regardless of lacking a match level within the second set this time, Djokovic clinched a 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 win to depart Rune’s place on the ATP Finals doubtful.
Djokovic will play Alex de Minaur of Australia or Russian world quantity 5 Andrey Rublev for a spot in his ninth Paris Masters last.
Victory for Rune would have secured his spot for this month’s ATP Finals in Turin, which options the world’s prime eight gamers, however the Dane – ranked seventh on the planet – remains to be properly positioned to make his debut on the end-of-season occasion.
Nevertheless, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz faces lacking out on the showpiece in Italy after a 6-1 4-6 6-4 defeat by Grigor Dimitrov which means he can’t break into the highest eight.
Dimitrov will play Stefanos Tsitsipas within the semi-finals on Saturday following the Greek seventh seed’s straight-set victory towards Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
Tsitsipas, who secured his place in Turin on Thursday and is but to drop a set in Paris, received 6-3 6-4 to assert his three hundredth profession singles win.