Novak Djokovic beat a nervous Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his fifth Paris Masters final and 34th overall Masters title to move one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal.
It was not immediately clear why Nadal had to pull out. "We saw something on the image, probably a small strain," said Nadal in the presser.
The top-ranked Serb remains on course for a fifth title at Bercy Arena and a 55th career showdown against old rival Rafael Nadal.
Djokovic, last year's runner-up, is bidding for the year-ending No. 1 ranking.
Federer remains one short of 100 career titles. However, at 37 years old, age finally seems to be catching up with the legend.
Chasing his 100th career title after winning the Swiss Indoors last Sunday, the 20-time Grand Slam champion was hardly troubled.
If Federer wins the ongoing Paris Masters it will be his career's 100th tournament win.
Paris, Nov 10 : India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes crashed out of the Paris Masters tennis tournament after losing to Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas of Germany 6-3, 1-6, 8-10 in the second
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