NADAL OUT OF PARIS MASTERS IN SEMIS

Alexander Zverev advanced to the Paris Masters final for the first time by beating top-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday, denying Nadal the chance to win a tournament that continues to elude him.

The fourth-seeded Zverev faces No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in today’s final, and leads him 5-1 in career meetings. Zverev goes for his fourth Masters title and 14th overall, while 2019 U.S. Open runner-up Medvedev is seeking his third Masters crown, eighth career title and first of this year.

“We’re not going to give each other anything tomorrow and we’ll see who can win. I’m looking forward to it,” Zverev said. “I think we are both extremely hungry, it will be our first title here.”

Earlier, Medvedev reached the Paris Masters final for the first time after beating Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a contest between big servers. He secured the win with a smash at the net.

The 10th-seeded Raonic has never won a Masters event and missed out on a second final here, having lost to Novak Djokovic in 2014. The Canadian had 12 aces compared to seven for Medvedev and both players won around 80 percent of their points on first serves.

Baseball

Pitcher Robbie Ray and the Toronto Blue Jays reached agreement on a oneyear, $8 million deal, making him the first of 181 free agents to get a new contract.

• The Detroit Tigers hired Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach, George Lombard as bench coach and Chip Hale as third base coach.

• The New York Yankees will move minor league affiliates out of Staten Island and Trenton, N.J., in 2021 as part of a reorganization that is affecting teams across the majors. The Yankees’ Double-a Trenton team will shift to Somerset County, N.J. The Class A club that had been in Staten Island since 1999 will move upstate to Hudson Valley, previously an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Soccer

Manchester United’s players came out fighting for their under-fire manager. After his team’s stirring comeback in a 3-1 win at Everton in the Premier League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn’t hold back, either.

“The authorities set us up to fail,” an angry Solskjaer said, in reference to United having to play around 48 hours after returning from a grueling trip to Turkey for a Champions League game. “We’ve had enough of that. I’ve had enough.”

Chelsea also fought back from conceding an early goal and ultimately swept aside Sheffield United in a 4-1 win.

• Angel Di Maria scored twice as injury-hit leader Paris Saint-germain beat third-place Rennes 3-0 at home for an eighth straight win in the French league.

• Sampdoria saw its fivematch unbeaten run end in a 2-0 loss at Cagliari in Serie A after it was forced to play more than half the game with 10 men.

• Barcelona forward Ansu Fati injured his left knee in Saturday’s 5-2 win against Real Betis in the Spanish league. Barcelona said the 18-year-old forward, who was substituted at halftime, has a torn meniscus.

• Once again, Robert Lewandowski proved the difference. Bayern Munich’s star forward scored one goal and set up another to help his team beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 away in the Bundesliga.

Also

The Anaheim Ducks signed No. 6 overall pick Jamie Drysdale to a threeyear contract. Drysdale was the second defenseman chosen in the draft last month.

• Primoz Roglic is poised to win his second consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after defending his slim lead over Richard Carapaz on the last competitive stage. Carapaz beat Roglic to the finish line of the mountainous 17th stage, but the Slovenian rider managed to protect his overall advantage. Roglic’s lead over Carapaz was cut from 45 to 24 seconds ahead of today’s largely ceremonial stage.