Paris Masters: Novak Djokovic and Milos Raonic to contest final after wins over Kei Nishikori and Tomas Berdych

Novak Djokovic and Milos Raonic will contest the ATP Paris Masters final on Sunday following victories over Kei Nishikori and Tomas Berdych respectively.

Canadian seventh seed Raonic,  whose place at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals was confirmed on Friday night, was the first to advance following a three-set 6-3 3-6 7-5 success over Berdych.

World No 1 Djokovic made light work of Japan’s Nishikori in the second semi-final, clinching a quick-fire 6-2 6-3 victory.

The finalists have played each other three times with Djokovic having won all three, the last occasion being a straight-sets win in the quarter-finals of the French Open in June.

The big-serving Raonic, runner-up at the Toronto Masters last year, followed up his quarter-final defeat of second seed Roger Federer to impressively see off the 2005 Paris champion on Saturday.

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After smashing 21 aces against Federer, Raonic had to wait until the fifth game to serve his first, though by that time he had already broken Berdych for a 3-1 lead.

Although Berdych was reading his serve well, Raonic held and bagged the opening set when his opponent's sliced backhand sailed long.

Level the match

Berdych broke in the second game of the second as Raonic netted a backhand, before holding serve to level the match.

The third set was a much more balanced affair until Raonic set up the first couple of break points, which were also match points. He needed only one, wrapping it up when Berdych netted a backhand before smashing his racket on the ground in frustration.

Serbian Djokovic, who is on a 26-match win streak indoors, was never threatened by Nishikori, who beat him at the US Open but lacked energy after battling for almost three hours until late with David Ferrer in the last eight on Friday.

He raced to a 4-1 lead and never looked back, appearing effortlessly to send his opponent chasing the ball to every corner of the court.

Following an early exchange of breaks, Djokovic stole Nishikori's serve again in the sixth game of the second set and it proved enough.

On a surface that keeps changing over the years, no player has retained their title at Bercy in a tournament held near the end of an energy-sapping season.