Zverev, the No. 1 seed because Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner skipped the event, is a -250 favorite to defeat Khachanov, who is looking for his first Masters 1000 title since 2018. Zverev owns a 5-2 advantage over Khachanov in their career head-to-head, and he is 3-1 against the Russian on outdoor hard surfaces.

Alexander Zverev reached his 21st Masters 1000 semi-final on Monday by ending the Canadian title defence of Alexei Popyrin 6-7 (8/10), 6-4, 6-3 at the ATP Toronto Masters."After losing the first set,

Top seed Alexander Zverev is into the semifinals at the National Bank Open in Toronto after surviving a pair of three-set tests. The world No. 5 needed to dig deep in the third round against Matteo Arnaldi and again in the quarterfinals against Alexei Popyrin,