The Italian tennis player Jannik Sinnernumber two in the world, reached the semifinals of the Paris Masters 1000 after beating the American by a double 6-3 Ben Shelton (N.7) in just one hour of play.
Sinner, 24, He is having the best route of his career in the Parisian tournament and will face the current champion, the German, for a ticket to the final Alexander Zverev (N.3), or against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (N.13).
Friday’s victory marked the seventh victory for Sinner in eight duels against Shelton.
Thanks to the result, The Italian has managed to reach at least the semifinals in eight of the nine Masters 1000the most prestigious tournaments on the circuit only behind the Grand Slam.
Only the Masters 1000 in Madrid stands out, where for now his best result is the quarterfinals.
He is also the first Italian to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters 1000 since its creation in 1986.
Sinner dominated his match, although in the first stages of it he showed signs of physical wear and tear, which he had already shown on Thursday in the round of 16.
If he lifts the title on Sunday, Sinner will take over his great rival, Carlos Alcaraz, the world number one who lost in September, after losing the US Open final against the Spaniard.
Auger-Aliassime advances
In the other part of the table, the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot (N.40) was eliminated by the Canadian Happy Auger-Also (N.10).
Vacherot, 26, had ten consecutive victories in Masters 1000, since earlier this month he gave the big surprise by becoming champion at the Shanghai event.
Despite his defeat this Friday, the Monegasque will continue climbing the ATP ranking, where he was N.204 before the Shanghai tournament and where he will enter the Top 30 in the classification that is published on Monday.
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After this victory, Auger-Aliassime still has a chance to qualify for the season-ending Masters (ATP Finals) to be held in Turin, Italy (November 9-16), for which he needs to reach the final in the French capital.
In the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Canadian will face Alexander Bublik (N.16), who eliminated the Australian Álex de Miñaur (N.6) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 7-5.
The Kazakh tennis player, who has won four ATP titles in 2025, became the first tennis player from his country to reach the semifinals of a Masters 1000 tournament.
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