By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, November 1, 2025
Photo credit: Rolex Paris Masters Facebook
Trampolining high off the court in a series of kangaroo jumps, Jannik Sinner looked like a man ready to leap the Eiffel Tower in a single bound.
A soaring Sinner flew past a weary Alexander Zverev 6-0, 6-1 sticking the landing into his first Rolex Paris Masters final today.
Six days ago, Sinner rallied past the second-seeded Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to capture his 22nd career title—and second Vienna championship in the last three years.
In today’s rematch, Zverev was running on empty before the match even started. Drained by saving two match points to out-duel Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) late last night, Zverev looked exhausted and out of answers three games into this semifinal.
The top-seeded Sinner dethroned the defending champion in a 62-minute dismissal to score his 25th consecutive indoor hard-court victory.
“Today, he was clearly not 100 percent,” Sinner said of Zverev. “We saw that he was struggling physically. He had a very tight schedule in the past months. Yesterday, incredible match he won. Two match points down, it’s also difficult mentally and obviously also physically because he made finals in Vienna, coming here, making semifinals again.
“It’s an incredible run for him. We all hope he gets better for Turin now. From my side, I’m obviously very happy to be in the final.”
‘We all hope he gets better’ 👍@JannikSinner with kind words for @AlexZverev after today’s win at #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/OiToo38scP
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 1, 2025
It is Sinner’s 32nd career final, including his ninth final in 11 tournament starts this season.
Continuing his quest to claim the year-end world No. 1 ranking, Sinner will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in tomorrow’s final with the world No. 1 ranking on the line. Should Sinner become the first Italian to raise the distinctive Rolex Paris Masters title trophy, he will supplant Carlos Alcaraz as world No. 1.
Earlier, the 10th-ranked Auger-Aliassime drilled 12 aces and won 34 of 40 first-serve points defeating Alexander Bublik 7-6(3), 6-4 joining Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov as the third Canadian to reach the Rolex Paris Masters final.
Auger-Aliassime advanced to his fifth final of the season and surpassed Italian Lorenzo Musetti for the eighth spot in the ATP Live Race to Turin as he’s on the verge of qualifying for the ATP Finals for the second time.
Wimbledon winner Sinner has split four meetings with Auger-Aliassime, winning both of their 2025 encounters. Sinner stopped the Canadian 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the US Open semifinals in September just a couple of weeks after posting a crushing 6-0, 6-2 conquest in the Cincinnati quarterfinals.
We’re 2-2, but obviously he’s the favorite on paper, because we played a good match I think in New York. I think it was good tennis,” Auger-Aliassime said. “But he still got the best of me. Obviously the first times I won it was before he was Jannik, you know. It was, like, young Jannik.
“He improved a lot since then. But it’s always good to play him. I feel like he pushes players to be very, very disciplined tactically and to execute their game, you know, almost perfectly in order to win. You know, you have to be ready to play your best tennis and to not make cheap mistakes. So I’m going to try to do that and win tomorrow.”
Though Sinner has looked a bit banged up this week, he was flying high from the start.
In a rematch of the Australian Open final, a leaping Sinner slashed a forehand winner crosscourt scoring his second break for a 3-0 lead.
A few more Zverev forehands missed the mark, including a floated forehand on break point, as Sinner scored his third break of the set for a 5-0 lead after just 25 minutes of play.
A problem for Zverev: Sinner was pummeling him in forehand rallies. A bigger problem: The former Olympic gold-medal champion looked physically depleted by his two hour, 30-minute comeback conquest over Daniil Medvedev late Friday night.
Lasering a 102 mph forehand blast into the corner for set point, Sinner rocketed his third ace down the T sealing the 30-minute opener. Sinner won 12 of 16 service points and doubled Zverev’s point total overall—27 to 13.
A year after Zverev swept Frenchman Ugo Humbert, 6-2, 6-2, to capture the 2024 Rolex Paris Masters crown, he finally held after 40 minutes of play to start the second set. Zverev requested the tournament doctor after that hold.
A disconsolate Zverev missed a couple of backhands as Sinner earned his fourth break point of the semifinal for a 2-1 second-set lead.
To the NINES 🔥@janniksin takes out Zverev 6-0 6-1 to reach his ninth Masters final and ninth final of 2025! #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/jyePE9SwYP
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 1, 2025
That was Zverev’s last stand.
Sinner, who served 68 percent, pumped 8 aces and won 19 of 21 first-serve points, stuck the landing in 62 minutes when Zverev netted a final forehand.
