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Tomb of Thiem, Zverev continues to impress in Madrid

2021-05-10T17:12:19.817Z


World number 6 Alexander Zverev, who fell to Rafael Nadal in the previous round, clearly dominated world number 4 Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4 to advance to his second final of the season at the Masters 1000 in Madrid on Saturday.


Zverev (24), who has not conceded a single set in his first four matches on Madrid clay, will face Italian Matteo Berrettini (10th) or young Norwegian Casper Ruud (22nd) in the final on Sunday ( 6.30 p.m.). Played in windy conditions, the match quickly turned to the advantage of the tall German (1.98 m), more aggressive and punchy on serve (6 aces, 66% first ball and 78% points gained behind), when on the contrary, Thiem was pushed very far from his line and quickly appeared short of energy. An early break in the first set (3-1), facilitated by two double faults from the Austrian, then a double break (4-1) even immediately reduced to a single in the second, were enough for Zverev to win in just over an hour and a half. S 'he hit a double fault on his first match point - only his second of the game - he converted the next to a winning forehand passing. Like the day before against Nadal (beaten 6-4, 6-4), the German was particularly sharp in the forehand, with fourteen winning shots (for 25 in total). “It was a bit of a weird game, with difficult conditions, there was a lot of wind and the ball was floating a lot,” he said.it was very windy and the ball was floating a lot, ”he described.it was very windy and the ball was floating a lot, ”he described.

Eighth Masters 1000 final for Zverev

The unfortunate US Open 2020 finalist (beaten by Thiem), titled in Acapulco in mid-March, has not won in the Masters 1000 since his victory in the Spanish capital in 2018. It will be his eighth final in this category of tournaments, the second most important after the Grand Slams. He will aim for a fourth trophy, after those obtained in Canada and Rome in 2017, and in Madrid the following year. Thiem had yet emerged victorious in his last four face-to-face with Zverev, played between 2018 and 2020. But for the Austrian it was his tournament of recovery after taking a step back with the circuit for two months, between vertigo felt after his first Grand Slam coronation in New York last fall and mental weariness in the face of health restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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