Khachanov reaches Paris Masters final

Karen Khachanov swept through to the final of the Paris Masters with a dominant 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dominic Thiem yesterday. The 22-yearold Russian, already the owner of two indoor hard court titles this year, moved one step away from the biggest title of his career at the Bercy indoor arena. Khachanov will now play his first Masters 1000 final tonight against the winner of last night’s other semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. “It was one of my best matches and what I’m happy about is that I was increasing my level, which shows that I’m becoming a better player,” Khachanov said. The 18th ranked Muscovite overpowered a third top-10 player in successive days, having hammered Alexander Zverev in the quarters and negotiated John Isner’s huge serves in the last-16.