​Novak Djokovic has one more step to take to defend his title won a year ago at the Paris Masters. The Serbian advanced to the final on Saturday after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Novak DjokovicPhoto: Ariel Schalit/AP/Profimedia

Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Masters in Paris

Nole, a six-time Paris-Bercy champion, had a very tough match against the Greek, who is ranked 5th in the ATP rankings.

Djokovic won the first set 6-2 (made two breaks) and lost the second 3-6 (lost serve twice).

Tsitsipas made the first mini-break of the deciding set tie-break to lead 4-3, but Joker rallied to win the next four points.

To win the 39th Masters title of his career, Novak Djokovic will have to defeat Holger Roon, a player coached by Patrick Muratoglu.

Novak Djokovic, the king of the Paris Masters

Djokovic is playing at the Paris Masters for the 16th time. At the start of the 2022 season, the Serb held all the singles competition records: most titles (6), number of finals (7), number of consecutive titles and finals (3), number of matches played (49), number of games won (41). ) and most bands (17).

Ranking of ATP Masters 1000 titles

1. Novak Djokovic 38

2. Rafael Nadal 36

3. Roger Federer 28 etc.