Home favorite Ugo Humbert came from behind to book a place against German Alexander Zverev in the final of the Paris Masters.

Both defeated former Paris champions on Saturday to reach their fourth ATP final of the year, with world number three Zverev losing the French Open final to Carlos Alcaraz in June.

Humbert, the French number one, defeated Karen Khachanov 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-3 after Zverev put in an excellent performance to beat world number 13 Holger Rune 6-3 7-6 ( 7-4).

Humbert lost serve twice in the opening set, but each time the world number 18 responded immediately to break back, with Russian Khachanov winning the ball in a tiebreak.

Khachanov, the world number 21, forced one break point in the second set and could not get it as Humbert improved his first serve and used powerful groundstrokes to take control, hitting 13 winners to level the match to bring.

The 26-year-old carried that approach into the decider and was even more dominant, breaking twice to earn victory.

Earlier, sustained pressure from the baseline saw Zverev grab an early break for a 3-1 lead, but the German had to work a lot harder in the fifth game before unleashing some great serves to consolidate it.

The Roland Garros runner-up, 27, ignored a late double fault to close out the opening set behind 11 winners at a packed Palais Omnisports in Bercy.

A tighter second set followed as Rune increased the aggression by occasionally serving and volleying, but Zverev took control in the tie-break by racing 3-0 ahead and kept his nerves in check from then on to secure a ​​record a career-high 65th win of the season. .