Sinner brushes Zverev aside to claim 21st straight Masters win & make Monte Carlo final

[p]The 24-year-old Italian becomes the first player to reach all three finals of the season's first three Masters 1000 events since Novak Djokovic in 2015.[/p][p]Roger Federer, in 2006, and Rafael Nadal, 2011, are the only two other players to achieve the feat.[/p][p][b]"I'm very happy,"[/b] said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Sinner[/a].[/p][p][b]"We came here trying to give myself some feedback (on clay) and now finding myself in the final means a lot to me."[/b][/p][embed guid="d94f0db2-e25a-4386-af37-03a78cae315d" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rZtYXc7gEw&pp=ygUXbW9udGUgY2FybG8gdGVubmlzIDIwMjY%3D" social-type="youtube" /][p]Sinner said he had felt in top form right from the outset of the match [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/sinner-j-6HdC3z4H/zverev-a-dGbUhw9m/?mid=67Lw1pO6"]against his German opponent[/a], ranked third in the world.[/p][p][b]"Obviously, every match, every day is different, so I'm very happy about today’s performance. I felt really solid from the beginning.[/b][/p][p][b]"When you are a break up straight away, it changes the dynamic of the match, so very happy and let's see what's coming in the final."[/b][/p][p]As in Indian Wells and Miami, Sinner had the measure of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Zverev[/a], who has not prevailed in their meetings since the round of 16 at the US Open in September 2023.[/p][p]Extremely aggressive from the start, he blew the German away in the opening set, breaking him three times and wrapping it up in 34 minutes.[/p][p]In the second set, the German put up more resistance, finding his first serve again, but he still had to battle every time to hold.[/p][p]He finally folded after 1hr 22min on another blistering forehand from Sinner, who has lost only one set in his last 21 matches at Masters 1000 events.[/p][embed guid="3124fdee-f8d6-4236-803a-19abd219a875" url="https://x.com/ROLEXMCMASTERS/status/2042982057693863959" social-type="twitter" /][p]Sinner will face world No.1 and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the final after he beat local boy Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-4, ranked 23 in the world, later on Saturday.[/p][p]It'll be the first meeting this season between the world's top two players, which will decide who will be world No.1 come Monday when the new ATP rankings are released.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/monte-carlo/"]Catch up on the Monte Carlo results here.[/a][/b][/p]