Six days ago, Sinner and Zverev met in the Vienna final, with Sinner surviving, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, after two hours and 28 minutes.
But their Paris clash couldn’t have been any different, as Zverev only managed to win one game, holding in the first game of the second set—and Sinner had a break point in that game, too.
At the end of the day the Italian was just too sharp, finishing the match with almost twice as many winners as unforced errors, 23 to 12, which includes more than three times as many winners as unforced errors off of his forehand side, 13 to 4.
Zverev, meanwhile, had 6 winners and 20 unforced errors.
“Obviously I’m happy to be in the final but it’s not how you want to arrive,” Sinner said in his on-court interview. “Playing against Sascha is always a very special occasion, playing in a packed stadium, but today he was clearly not 100%. We saw that he was struggling physically. He had a tight schedule the past months.
“Yesterday an incredible match he won, two match points down, and it’s difficult mentally—also physically, because he made the final in Vienna, then here making semis again. It’s an incredible run for him, and we all hope that he gets better for Turin now.”
