Sinner wins Madrid Open for record 5th straight Masters 1000 title
MADRID — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner cruise previous Alexander Zverev within the ultimate of the Madrid Open to win the event for the primary time and change into the primary man to win 5 consecutive Masters 1000 occasions.
Sinner beat the third-ranked Zverev 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday for his twenty third straight win. He had already gained Masters 1000 tournaments in Monte Carlo, Miami and Indian Wells this yr, and in Paris final yr.
“I think there is a lot of work behind it,” Sinner mentioned. “A lot of dedication and sacrifice I put in every day. Obviously, it means a lot to me, seeing these results.”
Zverev misplaced to Sinner within the semifinals of every of these tournaments. He gained in Madrid in 2018 and 2021 and was runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz in 2022.
“He’s very good, of course. But I think today I would have lost to anybody, to be very fair. I think today I played an awful tennis match,” Zverev mentioned.
Sinner transformed all 4 break factors he earned and didn’t face any break factors himself in a cushty win over Zverev on the Caja Magica tennis advanced in Madrid. Sinner had not been previous the quarterfinals in three earlier appearances in Madrid.
“I’m very happy that I’ve continued to believe in myself,” Sinner mentioned. “I’m showing up every day, at every practice session, trying to put in the right work with the right discipline. To do so, you need to have the right team behind you, which I have. I’m very happy about me, but also the team, and this means a lot to all of us.”
Sinner, 24, subsequent performs in Rome with an opportunity to raise the trophy in the one Masters 1000 event he has but to win. The Italian is trying to be part of Novak Djokovic as the one man to finish the Golden Masters profession. The Serbian gained all 9 tournaments twice.
“It’s quite simple,” Zverev mentioned. “I think there’s a big gap between Sinner and everybody else.”
in the women’s final Saturday, Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine beat Mirra Andreeva of Russia 7-5, 6-3.
