PARIS – Germany’s Alexander Zverev, No. 3 in the world, advanced to the final of the Montpellier tournament on Saturday, clearly beating Sweden’s Mikael Ymer (83rd) 6-1 6-3 and along with Alexander Bublik also qualified against him. Filip Krainovic.
It took just 53 minutes for Zverev, No. 1, to eliminate the 23-year-old Swede, who fell in the week of Frenchmen Corenden Mute, Gael Monfil and Richard Gasquet.
The German, who did a brief job with Adrian Mannarino in the quarterfinals, is more than ever the big favorite of the tournament and may consider offering himself a second title at Montpellier, after the one he won in 2017, the one he had come to the Hérault. to gain confidence after being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Australian Open by the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (12th) just two weeks ago.
The 24-year-old current Olympian will find a final opponent on his way on Sunday: Alexander Bublik (35th). Kazakos won the other semifinal 6-4 6-2 against Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic after beating Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 2 in the tournament, on Friday. After Newport and Chengdu in 2019, Singapore and Antalya in 2021, this will be the fifth final on the ATP track for the 24-year-old Kazakh.
For his part, Zverev has nineteen titles on the ATP track. A finalist in the United States Open in 2020, she won the Masters twice and was crowned an Olympian last summer in Tokyo.
