ATP Paris Masters: Alexander Zverev wins second 1000 title of 2024 after beating Ugo Humbert - 'I was pretty good'
Updated 03/11/2024 at 19:45 GMT
Alexander Zverev has lifted the Paris Masters title for the first time in his career. The 27-year-old eased past home favourite Ugo Humbert to register a 6-2 6-2 success in Bercy. It means he is the first German to lift the title there since Boris Becker in 1992. He broke his opponent's serve four times and did not face a single break point across the course of a near faultless display.
Highlights: Zverev eases past Humbert in straight sets to claim Paris Masters title
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Alexander Zverev said he put in one of his best performances of the year after beating Ugo Humbert in the ATP Paris Masters final.
The German claimed a comfortable success against the home favourite, as he ran out a 6-2 6-2 winner.
It caps a superb week for the No. 3 seed, who only dropped one set en route to landing the title.
"I was pretty good, I have to say," he told Sky Sports. "I knew that I had to play like this to win today.
"Ugo is an incredible player, plus him playing here in Paris, I think he plays even better than he usually does.
"I knew that once the crowd gets involved, it was going to be very, very difficult, so I had to take that away early. I did that and I'm very, very happy about it."
Zverev enjoyed an excellent week in Paris, beating Tallon Griekspoor, Arthur Fils, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune to set up the showdown with Humbert.
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His French opponent, on the other hand, could count second seed Carlos Alcaraz among his victims as he reached a first Masters final.
But winning the trophy looked beyond him from the off, as he was broken in the third game of the match.
Zverev only dropped one point behind his own serve across the entire first set, with a second break in the fifth game adding extra insurance.
Things went from bad to worse in the second set for Humbert, who quickly found himself 4-0 down.
He held serve for 4-1, but the damage had already been done, with Zverev completing a dominant success in one hour 16 minutes.
The 27-year-old did not face a single break point across the course of the match, fired down 15 winners and accumulated only nine unforced errors.
The victory brings down the curtain on the Paris Masters in Bercy, where the tournament has been held since 1986.
From next year, the event will take place at La Defense Arena, and Zverev admitted that made his success even sweeter.
"It's the last ever tennis match I guess here, we're moving to a new location," he said.
"The stadium is absolutely beautiful. It's one of the most beautiful stadiums that we have.
"The Centre Court is not the reason why we're moving. The Centre Court is definitely one of the most prestigious and beautiful stadiums in the world. To win my last match here is incredible."
The victory is Zverev's second in a Masters 1000 event in 2024, having won the Italian Open in May.
It means he will head into the ATP Finals in Turin later this month full of confidence, as he tries to reclaim the title he lifted in 2021.
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