TENNIS:

Richard Gasquet remains on course for a third straight title at the Open Sud de France, where he will face German teen Alexander Zverev in the final. The third-seeded Gasquet beat fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-2 while Zverev prevented an all-French final by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4 in the other semi-final yesterday. Gasquet beat Paire for the fourth time in as many meetings, brushing him aside.