It took just 53 minutes for Zverev, seeded N.1, to eliminate the 23-year-old Swede, winner in the week of the French Corentin Moutet, Gaël Monfils and Richard Gasquet.
The German, who made short work of Adrian Mannarino in the quarter-finals, is more than ever the big favorite of the event and can consider offering himself a second title in Montpellier, after that acquired in 2017 , he who had come to the Hérault to gain confidence after being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Australian Open by the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (12th) barely two weeks ago.
The 24-year-old reigning Olympic champion will find a final opponent on his way on Sunday: Alexander Bublik (35th).
The Kazakh won in the other semi-final 6-4 6-2 against Serbian Filip Krajinovic after having disposed of Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded N.2 of the tournament, on Friday.
After Newport and Chengdu in 2019, Singapore and Antalya in 2021, this will be the fifth final on the ATP circuit for the 24-year-old Kazakh.
For his part, Zverev has nineteen titles on the ATP circuit.
Finalist of the US Open in 2020, he won the Masters twice and was crowned Olympic champion last summer in Tokyo.
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