Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer in a three-legged thriller to reach the Paris Masters final | Tennis News

Fourth champion in Paris in a sixth final and extends the winning streak to 22 matches. Federer's hope of winning his 100th title in the ATP finals in London

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in a high-quality Paris Masters semi-final to organize a meeting with Karen Khachanov in Sunday's final.

The Serb maintains his dominance of Swiss legend and his remarkable comeback in form with a 7-6 5-7 7-6 win in three hours and two minutes.

This victory marks Djokovic's first victory over four consecutive wins in 47 consecutive games.

Djokovic, who was not feeling well this week, has not been beaten since the third match. Defeat against Stefan Os Tsitsipas in Toronto and since then has won two Masters titles in Cincinnati and Shanghai, while winning his second Grand Slam of the year at the US Open.

He will now have the opportunity to mark his return to the world. No. 1 in the standings Monday with a fifth title of the year. Federer's hope of becoming only the second player to record 100 career titles will go to the O2 and ATP finals and his chance to finish the year as the world's No. 1 is also over.

"We went right to the end Last shot, it was one of the best games of this year and one of the games we played against each other," said Djokovic.

Djokovic: No. 1: a phenomenal comeback [19659009] Earlier in the day, the rising Russian star Khachanov continued a spectacular week with a demolition 6-4 6 -1 of world number 8 and sixth seed Dominic Thiem who led it to the end. first Masters final.

Thiem's ​​run to the last four places and Kei Nishikori's loss to Federer mean that his place in the ATP final at the end of the season was already badured and that he was a hungry Khachanov who was enjoying a win in two sets. ] The last three finals of the Russian, aged 22, had all reached the 250 level and having won them all, he hopes to add the biggest title of his career to date. But it is probably facing the most difficult tests. Djokovic looks like the man who held the four slams at the same time in the summer of 2016.

Federer only defeated Djokovic once in the first set defeat, which already gives the opener a sense of importance before the start of the match.

The 99 Federer Red Balloons

One minute 71 Djokovic shaped the first points of the match in the eighth game.

As the match approached 10 minutes, Federer, who had already pushed back three points of the match, gave Djokovic a fourth chance. a savage forehand. But a genius shot of Federer – a volley with the back of his racket looking behind the ball after a loop of rope at the net – saved him before the third seed was held at the end of a marathon 20 points.

The pair exchanged a few routine shots before leaving In the decisive game where Djokovic won against a provisional Federer, who led 4-2 with the first mini-break and shot a forehand into the goal with the field open in front of him.

Djokovic did not need a second one. invitation and won six of the following eight points to win the first match.

Quality climbed a notch in the second set, both teams avoiding the chances of a morning breakaway in their service opening games, and as time pbaded for a second draw. break seemed inevitable until Federer chose his moment

After saving an eighth point of the fight to lead 6-5, Federer forced a window to 15-40 and took her to throw a roar and smooth out the fight that was already in its third hour.

After 10 points lost, Djokovic forced two more to 4-4, when Federer saved Djokovic's response by sending a ball into the ground of the arena his opponent ended the match to compete for part of the match and a first victory against the Serbian since 2015.

In such a quality fight, it was inevitable that the match was decided by a tie-break and Federer pbaded the initiative to Djokovic w A forehand, then a second double fault of the match to give a lead of 4 to 1 to the Serbs.

As the game entered its fourth hour, Djokovic scored five points, Federer saved the first two alone. serve but shoot in the net to give his opponent a place in Sunday's final.

There was a lot to cheer on Federer in his performance before returning to The O2 while Djokovic continued to revive the formidable form that had brought him to 14 years. Grand Slam and 32 Masters titles – a record Nadal record that he can equal Sunday.

See the Paris Masters come a conclusion with coverage of the current final on Sky Sports Action from 14h

] We cover all major tennis events from all angles via our skysports website .com / tennis. Moving? Visit our mobile and iPad app, or follow our Twitter account to join the conversation @SkySportsTennis .

We will have a cover of the finals of the ATP at O2 London November with each match live on Sky Sports .