MADRID.- The number one in the world, the Italian Jannik Sinnergot into his first final of the Madrid Masters 1000 this Friday after beating the Frenchman Arthur Fils by 6-3 and 6-4.
Sinner will compete for the Madrid trophy with the winner of the semi-final between the Germans Alexander Zverevnumber three in the world, and the young Belgian Alexander Blockx.
The Italian, who had never made it past the quarterfinals in the Spanish capital, is still in the race to be the first to win five Masters 1000 consecutive after Paris, Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo.
Sinner left few options for his rival, whom he had only faced once and had beaten in the semifinals of the tournament. Montpellier in 2023, although on that occasion he did it on a hard surface.
The Frenchman landed in Madrid after winning the tournament Barcelona and he grew in confidence on the clay of Madrid’s Caja Mágica until he ran into Sinner.
Fils “is in incredible shape so far, with the season he’s had he’s one of the best players in the world right now,” Sinner said after the game.
Solid first set
“I am very happy, especially with the first set, it was of a high level, and I am happy that we were able to close the match in two sets,” added Sinner, after scoring his twenty-second consecutive victory.
Fils, first Frenchman to play a semifinal in the Madrid Masters 1000 since Gilles Simon In 2008, he was completely defeated in the first set by his rival.
The Frenchman offered more resistance in the second set, where he managed to maintain parity on the scoreboard.
The Frenchman improved his serve, while Sinner also lowered the intensity of his game.
Fils managed to save two break points in the fifth game, but it only served to keep him alive until the ninth game, where Sinner broke his opponent’s serve.
With 4-5 in favor, Sinner did not need more than the first of his two match points to close his pass to the final in Madrid, to which, regardless of the opponent, he will arrive as the great favorite.
