Madrid Open ATP Final Round-up | Jannik Sinner makes history! He blows Alexander Zverev away and wins fifth consecutive Masters 1000 title in formidable fashion

Jannik Sinner continues to re-write the record books. A maiden Madrid Open title in a 6-1, 6-2 trouncing against world number three Alexander Zverev is just a scratch on the surface compared to what he has achieved at Caja Magica.

He becomes the first player to win five consecutive Masters 1000 titles, starting at the Paris Masters at the end of 2025 and extending through the first four in this year, dropping two sets in the process. It is a 28th consecutive win at this level and a 23rd in a row in 2026. He has not lost a match on the ATP Tour in 73 days and has extended his winning streak over Zverev to nine matches.

The first set was utterly dominant. Sinner won it in 25 minutes, dropped a measly six points and barely put a foot wrong in a showing that was special even for his standards. He continued to streak away, breaking the serve before compounding it with a handy hold. Zverev looked dead and buried when a second break in the second set moved Sinner within a game of glory, and there was no trouble in seeing it out in just 57 minutes.

After losing the first point on serve, the world number one would not have any problem holding for the first time in the match. Some big serving would come in key, a trait that Zverev is known for but unable to produce in big matches in the past against Sinner. The signs were evident that he would be under the cosh after Sinner converted his first break point.

A double fault was the only joy Zverev got on his rivals serve before a hideous game saw him fall a double break behind. Two smashes at the net gifted Sinner a 15-30 lead. A backhand into the net followed by another clumsy unforced error put him a double break behind.

Sinner had lost just one point in each of the first five games, moving him just one away from the first set in rapid time. Finally, Zverev put a game of tennis together that was worthy of a Masters 1000 final. He prevented the bagel with a relatively comfortable hold, fending off a comeback attempt from Sinner. 21 minutes it took him to win his first game in this final, and four minutes later the first set had concluded. Sinner was on another planet, with Zverev having some thinking to do.

A hold to love for the two-time champion was a promising start and something to build off. To do that, he would need to make some inroads on the Sinner serve, and that did not look to be occurring anytime soon. What was happening was his serve getting punctured again. Two more break points emerged for the four-time Grand Slam champion, but before that a time violation was handed to Zverev. Nothing was going the way of the former Olympic gold medallist who found himself a set and break down.

The last time Sinner lost an ATP final that was not against his arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz was at the 2023 ATP Finals against Novak Djokovic. This record was edging closer to being prolonged. Zverev caught a break with a hold to love but this was responded by one of Sinner’s own.

The final nail in the coffin would be delivered shortly after. With his fourth break point of the match, Sinner converted a fourth break in clinical fashion, moving Zverev around the court with ease before a big forehand edged him a hold away from history. He completed it with a hold to love. This was a fitting ending to an utterly dominant final against his supposed main rival heading deeper into the clay swing.