{"id":560760,"date":"2026-05-01T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560760\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:30:16","slug":"madrid-open-live-sinner-leading-fils-in-first-semi-final-zverev-vs-blockx-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560760\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid Open LIVE: Sinner leading Fils in first semi-final, Zverev vs Blockx to come"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the day of the men’s semi-finals in Madrid, in which the two most in-form male players on the planet will meet when Jannik Sinner faces Arthur Fils, before Alexander Zverev goes up against surprise package Alexander Blockx.<\/p>\n

16:50 CET – Jannik Sinner<\/a> has taken a 6-2 lead over\u00a0Arthur Fils<\/a> in the first of the men’s sem-finals in Madrid, with the world number one needing less than 40 minutes to claim the first set in commanding fashion.<\/p>\n

Fils needs to come back strong in the second to prevent Sinner from waltzing into the final.<\/p>\n

16:12 CET –\u00a0The first men’s semi-final in Madrid – between world number one Jannik Sinner<\/a> and French talent Arthur Fils<\/a> – is now underway!<\/p>\n

Follow every point of the match here!<\/a><\/p>\n

15:15 CET –\u00a0The clash between Sinner<\/a> and Fils<\/a> is just 45 minutes away, so let’s take a look at their respective routes to the finals.<\/p>\n

The Italian didn’t get off to the best start, losing a set in a fairly unconvincing opener with Benjamin Bonzi<\/a>, but he hasn’t dropped another one since then. However, he was tested by young Spanish sensation Rafael Jodar<\/a>, with the gruelling second set of their clash lasting for one hour and 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"Sinner'sSinner’s road to the finalFlashscore<\/p>\n

Fils’ biggest challenge came in his opening match against Ignacio Buse<\/a>, with the Frenchman barely surviving a battle that consisted of two tiebreaks and lasted for just under three hours. He’s seen off the rest of his opponents without too much trouble, with his straight-sets win over Miami finalist Jiri Lehecka<\/a> particularly impressive.<\/p>\n

\"Fils'Fils’ road to the semisFlashscore<\/p>\n

12:30 CET – First up, the two most in-form players in men’s tennis will do battle, with world number one\u00a0Jannik Sinner<\/a> taking on<\/a> French talent Arthur Fils<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sinner is on a simply remarkable run, with the world number one winning each of his last 21 matches and each of his last 26 at Masters 1000 tournaments. Across those 26 clashes, he’s dropped just two sets.<\/p>\n

That undoubtedly makes him the favourite for his clash with Fils, but the Frenchman is enjoying quite the year himself. He’s won each of his last nine, and has the Barcelona title along with a runners-up spot in the Doha final to his name in 2026.\u00a0Aside from Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, he’s probably been the best men’s player of the season.<\/p>\n

\"ArthurArthur Fils in 2026Flashscore (Bruna Casas \/ Reuters)<\/p>\n

They’re not familiar foes, only meeting once back in 2023, with Sinner winning that clash in straight sets. This is the first time that they’re facing one another on clay.<\/p>\n

Neither have been beaten on the surface so far in 2026, but that will change this afternoon.<\/p>\n

12:10 CET – Hello and welcome to Flashscore’s live coverage of the men’s semi-finals at the 2026 Madrid Open!<\/p>\n

Just four men remain standing in the Spanish capital, and today, they’ll fight for the right to return to the court on Sunday and attempt to claim one of the biggest prizes in tennis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the day of the men’s semi-finals in Madrid, in which the two most in-form male players on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-560760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}