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See how Serena Williams became one of the all-time greats
Virtually unbeatable on the clay at the French Open during his career, it’s been a very different story for Rafa Nadal at the Paris Masters on the hard courts of the Bercy Arena.
Nadal, who has won the French Open a record 13 times, had been attempting to secure his first Paris Masters title – and equal Novak Djokovic’s record of 36 Masters titles – but the Mallorcan’s bid was halted by an in-form Alexander Zverev in the semifinals on Saturday.
The German, who served impressively, won 6-4, 7-5 and will now play Daniil Medvedev, who beat Milos Raonic in the other semifinal, in Sunday’s final.
This was Zverev’s second successive win over the 20-time grand slam champion after he beat Nadal at last year’s ATP Tour Finals.
“I’m extremely happy, how the season continued for me after the break has been pretty good,” the 23-year-old Zverev told Amazon Prime Sport, referring to the coronavirus interrupted tennis season.
“The biggest influence was the practice time we had during the Covid break,” added US Open fnalist Zverev, as he reflected on the work he did with coach David Ferrer during lockdown. “I think we improved a lot of things and it’s showing now.”
Alexander Zverev stretches for the ball in the Paris Master semfinals against Rafael Nadal .
