Shelton to Meet Khachanov in First Masters 1000 Final

The last spots in the 2025 National Bank Open finals were up for grabs on Wednesday night in Toronto as the two singles semifinals and the second doubles semi were contested. 

CENTRE COURT - starts at 4:30 pm

• Joe Salisbury (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) d. Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) / Andres Molteni (ARG) 7-6(5), 6-2
  • Salisbury and Skupski edged out a long first set before running away with the second late, scoring the only two breaks of the match as part of a four-game run to finish it off.

Not be 7:00 pm

• [11] Karen Khachanov d. [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
  • For nearly three hours, the two big men exchanged body blows from the baseline in long, gruelling rallies. Each of the first two sets saw just a single break-point opportunity, which was converted. Khachanov broke for a 3-1 lead in the first set but then was broken trying to stay alive in the second at 4-5. The 2018 Paris Masters champion had two chances to break early in the decider but could not convert. He then had to save a match point on his own serve in the 12th game before sending it to a tiebreak. From 1-3 down, Khachanov was five straight points and converted his second match point to reach his second Masters 1000 final.
• [4] Ben Shelton (USA) d. [2] Taylor Fritz (USA) 6-4,
  • The match started with a flurry of break point opportunities, five for Shelton and two for Fritz, but the set remained on serve. Shelton would get another chance in the ninth game and this time he converted, setting himself up to serve out the set. The American No. 2 kept up the pressure in the second and was rewarded with a break to go up 3-2. With the way he was serving, the result seemed inevitable. Fritz never had another break point after the second game of the first set and Shelton punched his ticket to his first Masters 1000 final with another break in the final game.

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