Defending champion Alexander Zverev reached his second successive BMW Open by FWU final on Saturday, defeating reigning Next Gen ATP Finals titlist Hyeon Chung 7-5, 6-2. "It was good," Zverev said. "Obviously didn't start off well, from the 0-3 deficit. Played a pretty good match and the tactics I had for the match worked well." The top seed, who won the third of his six ATP World Tour titles at the event in 2017 (d. Pella), hit eight aces and broke serve on five occasions to book his place in Sunday’s final after one hour and 31 minutes. The victory marks Zverev’s first win over the South Korean at tour-level, having lost both of their previous FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters...
The second of the season's three clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, the Mutua Madrid Open, is set to get underway on Sunday. World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will look to extend his record of titles at the tournament to six. No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro, who won back-to-back titles at Acapulco and Indian Wells, returns to action for the first time since reaching the Miami semi-finals (l. to Isner), and he leads the field that will compete with Nadal for the trophy at the Caja Mágica. View Draw 1) Fantastic Field: Monte-Carlo champion Rafael Nadal headlines a Madrid field that features 17 of the Top 20 players in the ATP Rankings. Seven different men have captured...
Watch highlights as Alexander Zverev and Philipp Kohlschreiber win their respective semi-finals in straight sets to set an all-German championship clash at the BMW Open by FWU. Photo and video courtesy of the BMW Open by FWU.
