Reigning champion Danil Medvedev reached his second consecutive final at the Paris Rolex Masters after his 6-2 6-2 win over Alexander Zverev in 80 minutes.
Medvedev stopped Zverev’s eight-match winning streak. Zverev had won 28 of his past 31 matches. Medvedev took control of the match from the early stages and converted four of his five break point opportunities.
Zverev won just 29 of 57 points on serve and and finished the match with just 18 winners to 35 unforced errors.
The Russian player broke serve in the fifth and seventh games and saved all three break points he faced in the first set and won two Masters 1000 titles in Madrid and Cincinnati.
Medvedev broke serve in the third and fifth games at deuce and won his final two service games to close out the second set 6-2. The 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champion committed just eight unforced errors.
Medvedev drew level to 5-5 in his 10 head-to-head matches against Zverev. Medveded has won his past four matches against Zverev (last year’s final in Paris Bercy, the round robin match at the 2020 ATP Finals in London, ATP Cup in Australia and today’s Paris Bercy semifinal match).
Medvedev is chasing his second ATP Masters 1000 title this year after winning in Toronto last August. This year the Russian player claimed his first Grand Slam title at the US Open beating Novak Djokovic in the final and two ATP 250 in Marseille and Mallorca. He also reached the final at the Australian Open and the quarter final at Roland Garros.
Medvedev will face Djokovic in the re-match of the 2021 US Open final. Djokovic will be looking to avenge his defeat missing out the Calendar Grand Slam at Flashing Meadows. Djokovic came back from one set down to beat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-0 7-5.
Djokovic leads 5-4 in his head-to-head matches against Medvedev, but the Russian star has won four of their past seven clashes.
