Dimitrov holds off Tsitsipas to reach Paris Masters final

Grigor Dimitrov kept up his late-season charge by squeezing past Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets on Saturday and into the final of the Paris Masters.

The 17th-ranked Bulgarian edged a high-quality encounter 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3) to advance to his second Masters 1000 final – after winning the title in Cincinnati six years ago.

It was just Dimitrov’s second win in eight meetings with Tsitsipas, who had yet to lose a set in making the last four at Bercy for the second year running.

In the last few weeks, the 32-year-old Dimitrov has reached the semifinal in Chengdu, a quarterfinal in Beijing and the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.