Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 5:06:31 GMT -5
The stable tennis of the German Alexander Zverev, his backhand hammer and a devastating serve with which he did not give up a single break point, were the weapons to defeat the Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-4 and 6-4 in the final, and achieve the Mutua Madrid Open title for the first time, and his third Masters 1,000 category tournament. Alexander Zverev became the first German player to win in the Spanish capital, also doing so in a landslide. Without giving up a set all week and without losing his serve even once, conceding as the only possibility the break point that the Argentine Leonardo Mayer had in the third round, which he also saved.
"I have to congratulate Thiem for his great Binance App Users Data week, beating Nadal in this tournament," said the winner with the Ion Tiriac trophy in his hands, who then thanked his team for the work they had done: "Especially my father (Alexander), the most important of all," he added.
"Manolo, I know it's your last year, what you have done for tennis and this tournament is incredible, you deserve to go home and rest, and come to the tournament from time to time and enjoy tennis," he continued when referring to Manolo Santana. , who next year will leave the position of tournament director to Feliciano López, and will become honorary president.
With the Madrid title in his pocket, Zverev becomes the fifth active player with at least 3 Masters 1,000 titles
It was Zverev's first victory on clay against Thiem, who had won the three previous meetings on this surface in Munich, Nice and Roland Garros two years ago, and who dominated the matches 4-1.
Two weeks before Roland Garros, the one from Hamburg has presented his candidacy for the clay Grand Slam, although that is precisely his unfinished business, since he has never even reached the quarterfinals of a major (the best is the fourth round of Wimbledon ), with 14 wins and 11 losses in those tournaments.
The two players appeared in black on the Manolo Santana court. Red ribbon in Zverev's hair and Thiem's wristband of the same color to differentiate himself, but from the beginning the German's personality dwarfed the Wiener Neustadt tennis player. The world number three dominated the match from start to finish, with solid tennis with which he only gave up six points with his serve in each of the two sets, winning the first in 36 minutes, and with a blurred Thiem, who He got upset at times, especially because he surprised himself when he gave up serve in the first game of the match with a double fault.
"I have to congratulate Thiem for his great Binance App Users Data week, beating Nadal in this tournament," said the winner with the Ion Tiriac trophy in his hands, who then thanked his team for the work they had done: "Especially my father (Alexander), the most important of all," he added.
"Manolo, I know it's your last year, what you have done for tennis and this tournament is incredible, you deserve to go home and rest, and come to the tournament from time to time and enjoy tennis," he continued when referring to Manolo Santana. , who next year will leave the position of tournament director to Feliciano López, and will become honorary president.
With the Madrid title in his pocket, Zverev becomes the fifth active player with at least 3 Masters 1,000 titles
It was Zverev's first victory on clay against Thiem, who had won the three previous meetings on this surface in Munich, Nice and Roland Garros two years ago, and who dominated the matches 4-1.
Two weeks before Roland Garros, the one from Hamburg has presented his candidacy for the clay Grand Slam, although that is precisely his unfinished business, since he has never even reached the quarterfinals of a major (the best is the fourth round of Wimbledon ), with 14 wins and 11 losses in those tournaments.
The two players appeared in black on the Manolo Santana court. Red ribbon in Zverev's hair and Thiem's wristband of the same color to differentiate himself, but from the beginning the German's personality dwarfed the Wiener Neustadt tennis player. The world number three dominated the match from start to finish, with solid tennis with which he only gave up six points with his serve in each of the two sets, winning the first in 36 minutes, and with a blurred Thiem, who He got upset at times, especially because he surprised himself when he gave up serve in the first game of the match with a double fault.