Paris Masters: Rooney beat Aliasim 2-0 and is waiting for Djokovic or Tsitsipas in the final

Holger Rohn will be the first Rolex Paris Masters finalist, with the 19-year-old Dane doing whatever he wants on Center Court against Felix Auxerre-Aliassim by winning with 6-4, 6-2 He secured his first career ATP Masters 1000 final, as well as his fifth career (all in 2022) and fourth straight!

There he is waiting for the winner of the game between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas, which will be played on Saturday afternoon.

Alongside that win, Rooney is 18th in his last 20 games on the tour, while also taking revenge from Ozer Aliassim for losing the final in Basel a few days ago.

The Dane and world No. 18 was amazing from serve position, where he made 79%(!) of first serves and won 86% of points (32/37), he was almost flawless (7 effortless misses), with the The only “thorn” should be the efficiency with break chances (3/8).

In the first set, Roone quickly found a break (2:1), which he held relatively easily, since Auzer-Aliassim was never able to jeopardize the Dane’s service game (0/0 break points), which meant the set stayed. In the end, Rooney goes 6:4 in the lead and takes a 1:0 lead.

In the 2nd leg of the semifinals, the Dane put pressure on Auzer-Aliassim’s vulnerable service game again, found a break (1-0) in the Canadian’s first service game, which he redeemed immediately afterwards to make it 2-0.

The deciding game of the match was the 3rd game of the 2nd set where Roon scored a new break after 13 minutes but also 4 break points increased the lead to 3-0 which became 4-0 with a love play in 73 seconds!

With the Canadian unable to find any solutions to Rune’s serve and the Dane “flying” across the court, the semifinals ended in another easy win for Rune that sealed qualification for Sunday’s final where he awaits Novak Djokovic and Stefano Tsitsipas becomes.

SOURCE: Tennis24