Alexander Zverev matches Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal & Jannik Sinner feat with Madrid QF win | ATP Tour

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Zverev matches Federer, Nadal & Sinner feat with Madrid QF win

Second seed sinks Cobolli, units Blockx semi-final at ATP Masters 1000 occasion

April 30, 2026

Alexander Zverev maintained his spectacular consistency at ATP Masters 1000 stage on Thursday on the Mutua Madrid Open, the place he eased previous Flavio Cobolli to e-book his place within the semi-finals.

Just 12 days after shedding to Cobolli within the Munich semi-finals, Zverev turned the tables with a dominant 6-1, 6-4 win inside Manolo Santana Stadium. The two-time Madrid champion dropped simply seven of 39 factors behind his first serve, based on Infosys ATP Stats, en path to his fourth semi-final within the Spanish capital.

“No revenge. I love Flavio. He’s one of my favorite guys on Tour,” Zverev stated. “I have a great relationship with him and a great relationship with his father. This is sport… Sports can change very quickly. In Munich, he played an amazing match and I didn’t play a very good match. Today, it was maybe the opposite.”

With his 90-minute victory, Zverev grew to become simply the fourth man to succeed in the semi-finals at every of the primary 4 Masters 1000 occasions of the season because the collection started in 1990, becoming a member of Roger Federer (2006), Rafael Nadal (2010, 2011) and Jannik Sinner (2026). Zverev, the No. 3 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, fell to Sinner at that stage in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo this 12 months.

“It’s amazing but, of course, I need to get past this stage now,” Zverev stated with a smile at occasions when requested about reaching the semi-finals of all 4 Masters 1000 this season.

Looking to increase his good 3-0 file in Madrid semi-finals, Zverev will subsequent face 21-year-old Belgian Alexander Blockx in Friday’s night session. Blockx, the World No. 69, earlier defeated defending champion Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to succeed in his maiden Masters 1000 semi-final.

With his win over Cobolli, with which he improved to 3-1 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head collection, Zverev additionally moved to 179 tour-level victories on clay, breaking his tie with Philipp Kohlschreiber for probably the most by a German man within the Open Era.

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In distinction to their assembly in Munich two weeks in the past, Zverev rapidly discovered his rhythm on serve in Madrid. The second seed struck eight aces within the opening set and took full benefit of a tentative begin from Cobolli, who was bidding to succeed in his first Masters 1000 semi-final.

Zverev maintained that depth within the second set, making use of fixed strain with his depth and precision to maintain the 23-year-old Italian on the again foot. Although Cobolli saved three consecutive break factors within the fifth recreation and confirmed improved sharpness from each wings, Zverev remained in management to sign his third Top 20 win of the season.