current champion, Novak Djokovic, defeated the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (23rd racket of the world) with a score of 6:0, 6:3 and returned to the semi-finals of the Paris Masters 1000 for the eighth time. The Serbian and world No. 7 will play Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) or American Tommy Paul (31st) on Saturday (5/11).

Clearly hungry for matches and wins at the end of this season in which he finds himself… suspended by Covid-19 vaccine rejection, he completed the first set in 24 minutes without giving his young opponent the slightest chance (20 years old).

He won the first game of the second set, but started making a few mistakes that allowed Musetti to regain his confidence. Then the Italian won his first game and with a break managed to take the lead 2:1.

However, Djokovic rallied, won the next four games, regained control of the match (5-2) and went on to win.

Overall, he will compete in his 74th Masters 1000 semi-final and fourth in a row at Bercy. Only Rafael Nadal did better (76).