Dominic Thiem entered the Madrid Open final with high confidence. He was eliminated by Rafael Nadal and continued to easily beat his senior Kevin Anderson in the semi-finals. Not only that, Thiem is also rated higher than Zverev on clay with an outstanding head-to-head record (4-1).
However, the Austrian tennis player had a terrible start to the match. He did not serve the ball well and lost the advantage in the opening game. Zverev took advantage of the opportunity to break the break and quickly deployed tactics to pull the opponent into his "matrix".
Seed No. 2 fully exploited Thiem's left kick and this strategy brought the expected results. Although there was no more break in set 1, Zverev played solidly in the ball-holding game with many white games to advance to a 6-4 victory.
Entering the decisive set 2, Thiem continued to make mistakes and he himself recreated the disappointing scenario in the first set. He lost the break in game 1 and could not correct his mistake against a Zverev player who played brilliantly and then lost 4-6. The match ended quickly after 78 minutes with an effective performance by Zverev.
Thus, the German tennis player has had his 3rd Masters 1000 in his career. As for Thiem, he continued to lose his chance to participate in the first ATP 1000 title in his collection.
