Olympic champion Alexander Zverev reached the final of the tennis tournament in Madrid.

The defending champion prevailed against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2 early on Sunday morning and at the same time took revenge for the semifinals in Monte Carlo three weeks ago.

Zverev (25) used his first match point at 1:09 a.m. local time after 1:53 hours.

In the final, the German number one will face Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday (6:30 p.m. on Sky).

The Spanish young star had previously defeated the Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic in 3:35 hours in the first semi-final 6: 7 (5: 7), 7: 5 and 7: 6 (7: 5).

Zverev showed a very solid performance against Tsitsipas.

In the first set he used his first break chance to lead 4:3 and got the first round after only 34 minutes.

After that, the native of Hamburg slacked off a bit and made a few double mistakes.

Tsitsipas uses this to balance sentences.

But at the beginning of the third section, Zverev was back.

The third in the world rankings managed a quick break and didn't let the lead be taken away.

Alcaraz had previously underlined his current exceptional form and did not let world number one Djokovic stop him in his triumphal march in his home country of Spain.

In the previous round he had only eliminated his great idol Rafael Nadal.

This makes him the first professional tennis player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic in a clay court tournament.

"That gives me a lot of self-confidence for the final on Sunday," said the Spaniard.

Djokovic paid tribute to the young star after the game.

"For someone his age, he plays very mature and fearless, that's impressive," said the number one in the world.

Tunisian Ons Jabeur has won the tennis tournament in Madrid.

The 27-year-old defeated Jessica Pegula from the USA in the final on Saturday evening 7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 2 and thus celebrated the greatest success of her career to date.

Jabeur is the first player from an Arab country to win a tournament in the WTA 1000 category.

The Tunisian also played in the circle of favorites for the French Open in Paris.

The second Grand Slam tournament of the season begins on May 22nd.