De Minaur stuns Zverev to set up Vienna final with Alcaraz and move into a Turin place, as Vacherot and Lehecka reach the Basel final

Alex de Minaur beat top seed Alexander Zverev 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) in the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on Saturday, 31 October, and moved into a qualifying place for the ATP Finals. The Australian plays Carlos Alcaraz for the title on Sunday, while Valentin Vacherot and Jiri Lehecka meet in the final of the Swiss Indoors Basel.

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De Minaur goes ninth in the Race

De Minaur took the first set, lost the second 6-1 as Zverev fought back, then won a tense deciding tie-break. "I was going to go out swinging and playing the right type of tennis, and that's what made the difference today," he said, according to the ATP. The win lifts him above Rafael Jodar to ninth in the live Race to Turin. With Jannik Sinner not playing the Finals, ninth place is enough to qualify this year, and De Minaur is chasing a third straight appearance.

It was his first win over Zverev outside team events and his fifth overall; the German still leads their head-to-head 9-5. De Minaur is only the fourth player to win 21 or more ATP 500 matches in a single season since the category began in 2009, after Juan Martín del Potro, Alcaraz and David Ferrer, the ATP noted. Zverev, already qualified for Turin, becomes the 30th world No. 1 on Monday and starts his first tournament at the top in Paris against Lorenzo Musetti or Hubert Hurkacz.

Alcaraz ends Medvedev's streak

In the first semi-final, second seed Alcaraz beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-6(2) to reach his fifth final of the season. He converted three of the four break points he earned and ended the Russian's seven-match winning streak, which included the Almaty title. "It's a great feeling, beating someone like Daniil on an indoor court, after the run he was having," Alcaraz said. De Minaur has lost all six of his previous matches against the Spaniard.

Vacherot makes Basel history

In Basel, Valentin Vacherot beat sixth seed Taylor Fritz 7-6(5) 6-3 to become the first player from Monaco to reach the tournament's final. He came back from 1-4 down in the first-set tie-break and broke at 4-3 in the second. "You just have to pray on the returns because Taylor is one of the best servers on Tour," he said. The defeat is a setback for Fritz, who is 12th in the Race. Vacherot had already beaten Jodar and Holger Rune this week.

Jiri Lehecka was a point from defeat against Jan-Lennard Struff. Serving at 4-5 in the second set, the eighth seed saved a match point, took the set 7-5 and won 3-6 7-5 6-4 in 2 hours and 2 minutes, Tennis Majors reported. Lehecka began his week by ending Stan Wawrinka's career; Struff had beaten Novak Djokovic for the first time in nine meetings.

Sunday's finals

Alcaraz plays De Minaur in Vienna, with the Australian able to strengthen his Turin position before the Paris Masters, the last event before the Finals (15–22 November). Vacherot and Lehecka play for the Basel title. Follow both finals on our tennis results page.