Sinner beat Zverev with ease and reached the Monte Carlo Masters final | OneFootball

The luxurious championship in the Principality of Monaco determined the first finalist of the 2026 Monte Carlo edition. Jannik Sinner, world No. 2, put away the match against Alexander Zverev, No. 3, defeating the German for the eighth consecutive time in a clear display of tennis and mental superiority. The Italian reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 for the first time in his career with a final score of 6-1, 6-4.

Untouchable in every aspect of the game, the pupil of Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill delivered another fantastic performance: he broke through the semifinal barrier in Monaco after two losses at that stage in 2023 and 2024 and took another small step toward reclaiming the world No. 1 ranking. Indeed, a defeat by Carlos Alcaraz (who faces Valentin Vacherot in the second semifinal), or a victory over him in the final, would return him to the top.

With a stunning run in Masters 1000 tournaments, the 24-year-old Italian keeps moving forward without looking back and dreams of winning a fourth straight trophy at this level, having already won Paris 2025 and the Sunshine Double of Indian Wells and Miami this season. A monstrous mark, only overshadowed by the set he dropped to Tomas Machac (No. 53) in the round of 16, which ended his streak of 37 consecutive sets won, the longest in ATP records since 1990.

Zverev has not been able to take down Sinner since the 2023 US Open and looks clouded, unable to find answers against the powerful arsenal of the robotic Italian. He had come in on the back of important wins in the previous rounds, including one over talented Brazilian Joao Fonseca, but those hopes were crushed by his opponent’s qualities, as Sinner broke his serve in the first and third games of the match and forced him to play from behind from the very start. Right on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Jannik powered his way stylishly into the final.

Smart, explosive, and at cruising speed, the four-time Grand Slam champion earned top marks in the French commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Virtually error-free and full of winners, he tackled point after point without giving an inch from the baseline, tearing down the desperate attempts of the Tokyo 2020+1 gold medalist to get into the match. After a bewildering first set, Sascha improved in the second, but it was not enough to trouble his great nemesis. Sinner claimed his eighth straight win over the German and his fifth in a row without dropping a set.

He imposed himself authoritatively in both forehand and backhand exchanges, shone on every trip to the net, attacked the ball with intensity, and was a wall whenever he had to defend. Dominant from start to finish, he only showed cracks on serve, the one area in which he could not maintain the same solidity. A superb performance to move within one step of the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings.

He will face in the final the winner of the match between Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz (No. 1) and the local player .

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