Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas brushed aside Alexander Zverev Saturday to set up a Monte Carlo Masters final against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the conqueror of world No 1 Novak Djokovic.
Greek world No 5 Tsitsipas beat third-ranked Zverev 6-4, 6-2, showing no ill effects of a marathon quarter-final win over Diego Schwartzman which finished at 11:00pm Friday.
He appeared fresher than Olympic champion Zverev who had also drawn deep on his reserves Friday to beat Jannik Sinner in a 3hr 07min quarter-final.
Zverev was the more under-powered of the two Saturday.
Tsitsipas broke in the ninth game of the opener before reeling off four games in a row from 2-2 in the second set.
The contest was over inside 75 minutes.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked at 46, reached his first career ATP final with a 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
The 22-year old Spaniard had knocked out Djokovic Tuesday.
It was a roller-coaster afternoon for Davidovich Fokina who was a set and then 4-2 and 5-3 ahead in the second.
But he won just three of the next 12 points with two double faults as Dimitrov hit back.
The Spaniard then trailed 2-0 in the decider before racking up five straight games for 5-2.
An ace on a second match point gave him victory.
Davidovich Fokina had also beat Indian Wells Masters champion Taylor Fritz on his way to the final.
Davidovich Fokina, who reached the last eight in Monte Carlo in 2021, will be aiming to win his first tour-level title Sunday.
However, Tsitsipas, the 2021 French Open runner-up, will be favorite, owning a 2-0 career edge over the Spaniard.
The first of those wins came in Monte Carlo last year when Davidovich Fokina had to retire from their quarter-final clash.
Dimitrov, 30, was playing in his second semi-final in Monte Carlo, having enjoyed a run to the last four in 2018.
