Because yes, it is devilishly enticing, this final of the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy. On my left, the undisputed master of the place (and of many others), Novak Djokovic, already titled six times in the hot Parisian venue (a record). To my right, Grigor Dimitrov, former great hope of world tennis who took quite a few sideways paths before finding a certain consistency in recent months.
The Serbian is of course the big favorite, despite physical problems which have not prevented him from stunning the competition so far, including Holger Rune, his tormentor last year, in the quarter-final, then Andrey Rublev, in the semi-final. The Bulgarian, for his part, took out Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round and Stefanos Tsitsipas found himself in the semi-finals after fierce battles of which we did not necessarily know the esthete with a wandering mind for so long was capable.