<p class="title">Daniil Medvedev reached a staggering ninth final this year as he defeated fellow rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Open finalist from Russia plays Alexander Zverev of Germany or Italy's Matteo Berrettini in Sunday's decider as the next generation takes centre stage in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-year-old Medvedev, who has lifted three titles in a breakthrough 2019, beat Greece's Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/5), 7-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medvedev has now seen off the 21-year-old -- who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday -- in all five of their matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was nothing in it as they entered the first-set tie break after 43 minutes of high-quality tennis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventh-ranked Tsitsipas blinked first, gifting set point when he shanked a forehand and then doing the same moments later to put the fourth-ranked Russian a set up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medvedev broke the Greek -- who repeatedly tried to gee up the crowd -- in the third game of the second set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Russian served for the match at 5-4, only for Tsitsipas to dig in and break for 5-5, before Medvedev did likewise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tsitsipas smacked the ball out the court in a rage, before Medvedev sealed match in the 12th game of the second set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 22-year-old Zverev -- who ousted Roger Federer on Friday -- and Berrettini, 23, play their semi-final later Saturday.</p>
<p class="title">Daniil Medvedev reached a staggering ninth final this year as he defeated fellow rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US Open finalist from Russia plays Alexander Zverev of Germany or Italy's Matteo Berrettini in Sunday's decider as the next generation takes centre stage in China.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 23-year-old Medvedev, who has lifted three titles in a breakthrough 2019, beat Greece's Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/5), 7-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medvedev has now seen off the 21-year-old -- who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic on Friday -- in all five of their matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was nothing in it as they entered the first-set tie break after 43 minutes of high-quality tennis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventh-ranked Tsitsipas blinked first, gifting set point when he shanked a forehand and then doing the same moments later to put the fourth-ranked Russian a set up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Medvedev broke the Greek -- who repeatedly tried to gee up the crowd -- in the third game of the second set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Russian served for the match at 5-4, only for Tsitsipas to dig in and break for 5-5, before Medvedev did likewise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tsitsipas smacked the ball out the court in a rage, before Medvedev sealed match in the 12th game of the second set.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 22-year-old Zverev -- who ousted Roger Federer on Friday -- and Berrettini, 23, play their semi-final later Saturday.</p>