Tomas Berdych has sealed a place in next month's ATP World Tour Finals in London following a 6-7[4] 6-4 6-4 victory over Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
Both competitors lost their serve once, which resulted in the opening set being decided with a tie-break and Anderson was able to edge it 7-4.
Berdych struck instantly in the second set by grabbing a break point and that was all that he needed in order to draw level on sets.
The Czech stumbled in the decider by losing his serve, but then managed to bounce back to break his opponent twice and secure a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Raonic bt Federer 7-6, 7-5
Roger Federer's chances of snatching Novak Djokovic's world number one ranking have taken a hit after he suffered a 7-6[5] 7-5 defeat to Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
It was a tight contest in the opening set with both games going the way of serve, but Roanic came closest to finding the first break.
A tie-break was needed to decide the opener, and despite breaking early on, Federer relinquished the set and was pushed on the backfoot.
Once again, both players were strong on their service games until Raonic converted a crucial break point to give himself the edge in the second set.
The Canadian, who had never beaten Federer prior to this game, needed to just hold serve to win the match and he did so successfully to secure a place in the final four.
Djokovic bt Murray 7-5, 6-2
Novak Djokovic has secured a spot in the semi-finals of the Paris Masters after beating British number one Andy Murray 7-5 6-2 this evening.
Murray came under pressure early in the first set as the world number one made him face break points in his opening service game, but the Briton held serve.
The Scot served to take the opener to a tiebreak, but his first double fault of the match gave his opponent two set points, and he clinched the second when Murray sliced the ball into the net.
It looked like Djokovic would cruise to the win early in the second when he had three break points, but Murray dug deep to hold, before going a break up himself in the next game.
The top seed struck back straight away though before taking a break of his own, leaving Murray to serve to stay in the match at 5-2 down.
Murray battled to try and keep himself in the match, but a string of unforced errors gave Djokovic match point, which he secured when the British player failed to clear the net with a backhand.
Nishikori bt Ferrer 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Kei Nishikori has secured his place at the ATP World Tour Finals after coming back from a set down to beat David Ferrer and progress to the Paris Masters semi-finals.
The World number six has looked in ominous form, wrapping up the first set 6-3 and heading for a place in the last four.
Ferrer looked set to wrap up the match as he led 5-2 in the second set tie-break. However, Nishikori produced a late rally to snatch the set.
As both players looking to make a decisive move in the deciding set, the World number seven broke the Spaniard in the ninth game thanks to some powerful groundstrokes.
Nishikori then sealed his quarter-final victory against Ferrer, who misses out on an automatic place at the end-of-season ATP Finals in London.
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