World number-6 Alexander Zverev defeated Matteo Berrettini to earn his second Madrid Open on Sunday and lift his fourth ATP Masters 1000 trophy. He bounced back after losing the first set to a tie-breaker and won the next two sets.
In the tournament, the 24-year-old player defeated three top 10 stars to clinch the title. He had got the better of two-time runner-up Dominic Thiem and five-time champion Rafael Nadal.
This is the second time, Zverev has defeated at least 3 top-10 players in the same tournament. Earlier in 2018, he defeated 4 top-10 players in the Nitto ATP Finals tournament along with winning the trophy. After the victory, Zverev said, "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. Matteo's game style showed it all. I didn't play anybody this week that can serve 235[km/h] on clay and serve 230km/h kick serves. It definitely was a different match and I am extremely happy right now."
With this victory, Zverev maintained his winning form in Madrid. He has played 17 matches so far in Madrid. Out of this, he won 15 matches and lost 2. Among the players born in 1995 or later, Zverev has held the most tour level titles to his name. He has named 15 ATP Tour titles and Deniil Medvedev has 10 titles to his name. He owns a 15-2 record in Madrid, which represents his best win percentage (.882) across all nine Masters 1000 tournaments.
