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Alexander Zverev overcame a brief second-set hiccup as he beat Holger Rune 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) on Saturday to reach the final of the Paris Masters tournament. Third seed Zverev failed to serve out the match at 5-4 but regrouped in the deciding tie-break where he wrapped up matters with a backhand volley on second match point after 1 hour 46 minutes. In Sunday’s final, the German faces either Carlos Alcaraz’ conqueror Ugo Humbert of France or Russian Karen Khachanov. Zverev will be bidding for his second title of the year and 23rd overall. Twice grand slam finalist Zverev broke the 13th-seeded Dane …