Alexander Zverev downs Matteo Berrettini 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3 in the final in Madrid on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. This is the twice won this tournament that Alexander wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Alexander added € 126,880 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 315,160 in total after winning this tournament.
Zverev was delighted about the outcome. He commented:
“It is great (to win this title), especially after losing my last three finals I played at Masters 1000 events. This is definitely special and I just want to enjoy this one.”
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:40
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 107 points vs. Matteo’s 98.
Zverev
The German served extremely well to win 76% of the points (50/66) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. The German didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Berrettini
On the other side, Berrettini was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Berrettini is 3-1 for Alexander.
This was the 15th career title for the German. (see list of the title). The Italian remains with 4th titles . (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke the German in the 7th (4-3) game. Alexander tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Berrettini kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.
Tiebreak
Berrettini won 7 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 11th (6-5), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the German won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5), 7th (2-5), 9th (4-5) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
The Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Matteo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Also, on the other side, the German converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 96 points. This set was so close that, Berrettini won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Matteo conceded 21 points on serve (31-21). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Zverev conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Alexander broke back in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.
The German converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 2 points more than the Italian (27-25). Zverev dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Matteo conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Zverev won the set after he broke Berrettini in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Alexander converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 57 points. The German won 7 more points than Berrettini (32-25). Zverev dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Berrettini conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Alexander Zverev in Madrid |
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