Alexander Zverev produced a dominant display to ease past Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4 and reach the final in Madrid.
The German reached his second Mutua Madrid Open final after cruising past an under-par Dominic Thiem in straight sets.
Tomorrow Zverev will play either Casper Ruud or Matteo Berrettini as he looks for his fourth Masters 1000 title.
It was a scrappy contest throughout as the Austrian couldn’t dictate points from the baseline on a regular basis.
Both players’ serve was shaky in the early stages of the match even if they did produce comfortable holds of serve.
After saving a break point in the previous game, the world number six dealt the first blow as his dominant groundstrokes secured the opportunity to break and on the fourth opportunity he did for a 3-1 lead.
Creating effective patterns of play on serve was one thing but there was a lack of clinical edge to Thiem’s play on return as the German continued to look comfortable on serve.
Both players produced stunning points on serve towards the end of the set as Zverev took the opening set 6-3 in 43 minutes.
It was Zverev who continued to apply the pressure in the second having created break points on the first three return games.
There was nothing Thiem was able to do as his serving inconsistency was his own downfall with plenty of double faults being produced.
Two out of three breaks saw the 5th seed in the driving seat as he took a 4-1 lead.
After that though, the tennis was low-quality and it was a slugfest to see who could produce the least amount of errors.
All of the sudden Zverev produced tight points, remained cautious and was getting irritated by the Electronic Line Calling system.
The Austrian dug deep to break and save three break points to hold as he used stunning angles to open space in the court.
However it was the 2018 champion who held his nerve and sealed victory to reach his second Madrid final.
After the match Zverev revealed his excitement in playing another final, “It is going to mean a lot to me [if I can win the final]. I am definitely looking forward to it,” The German said in his on-court interview.
“I am definitely looking forward to playing another big final and I hope I can turn it my way this time.”
Zverev will meet Casper Ruud or Matteo Berrettini in a bid to win her 4th Masters 1000 title.
