Impressive Djokovic beats Dimitrov as Nadal pulls out in Paris


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 02 Nov 2019

Tennis - ATP 1000 - Paris Masters - AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France - November 2, 2019 Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his semi final match against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic reached the Paris Masters final for the sixth time when he downed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(5) 6-4 on Saturday but Rafael Nadal pulled out injured.

Serbia's world number one, who will be supplanted by Nadal at the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, won a high-octane first-set tiebreak before wearing down Dimitrov in the second set.

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