Madrid Open 2021: Alexander Zverev beats Dominic Thiem, to face Matteo Berrettini in males’s singles closing

German world quantity six Alexander Zverev avenged his defeat by Dominic Thiem in US Open 2020 closing in scientific trend on Saturday, beating the Austrian world quantity 4 6-3, 6-4 to achieve the ultimate of the Madrid Open.Zverev, who beat prime seed and event favorite Rafa Nadal in straight units within the quarter-finals on Friday, will meet World quantity tean Matteo Berrettini in Sunday’s closing after the Italian beat Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4 within the second semi-final.24-year-old Zverev, who received the title in 2018, made a powerful begin, breaking Thiem early in every set in what turned out to be a routine victory, regardless of a swirling wind at Caja Magica.”I’m quite happy to win this one,” fifth seed Zverev stated in a courtside interview. “We’ve had some fantastic matches. I think we played the biggest matches in the world.”We’ve performed Masters finals, Grand Slam finals, we’re nonetheless creating, we’ll go on for a number of extra years and hopefully we’ll play a number of extra superb matches.”I’m definitely looking forward to playing in another big (Grand Slam) final and I hope I can turn it my way this time.”Thiem held an 8-2 head-to-head benefit over Zverev coming into the semi-final, successful their final 4 conferences, together with his come-from-behind victory ultimately yr’s US Open the place he claimed his first Grand Slam title.The third seed’s solely defeat to Zverev on clay was within the closing in Madrid two years in the past, however he by no means actually settled into his stride on Saturday, struggling along with his first serve and making 20 unforced errors, together with three double faults.Zverev, alternatively, despatched down six aces and 25 winners as he cruised to victory.”It was a little bit of a weirder match than against Rafa,” the German added. “I feel like the conditions were difficult. It was clearly windy today. Sometimes (that’s) not easy but I’m definitely happy with the win.”Eighth seed Berrettini, who has dropped just one set within the event, will probably be aiming to win his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in opposition to Zverev on Sunday.”I saw him (Zverev), he’s playing really good,” stated Berrettini, who despatched down 5 aces in opposition to Ruud.”He beat Rafa (Nadal) and Dominic (Thiem), probably the best players on clay. It’s going to be a challenging match.”