Alexander Zverev overcomes Jannik Sinner in three sets to reach Monte Carlo semi-finals after being booed on court

Alexander Zverev is into the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters for the second time in his career after a 5-7 6-3 7-6(5) win over Jannik Sinner. It was a confident display from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist who improved as the match progressed despite the crowd being against him. Ad/> Eurosport tennis expert Justine Henin said Zverev should have been banned for his outburst at the Mexican Open in February and hit out at his “unacceptable” behaviour on the ATP tour.

TennisExclusive: Zverev 'should not be on court today' – Henin hits out at 'unacceptable' ATP incidents8 HOURS AGO Zverev was booed by the Monte Carlo crowd as he walked out onto Court Rainier III, but he managed to put it to the back of his mind as he went on to seal his place in the next round in three hours and seven minutes. The world No. 3 will play either Diego Schwartzman or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last four.

«It means a lot [to win against Sinner], especially with how this year has been going so far for me,» Zverev said on-court afterwards. «I've lost long matches like that so I'm happy that I won this match — a very high level match — so I'm happy with this win. »I've lost so many matches this year, it's in the back of my mind, I think this one will definitely help me." /> Sinner got off to a lacklustre start and Zverev capitalised by breaking the Italian with four successive points to take a 3-1 lead.

But at 4-1 down, Sinner mounted his comeback and got the set back on serve after Zverev struck a backhand into the net before holding to make it 4-4. /> Sinner ramped up the pressure, producing more winners from the baseline, while Zverev's forehand and second serve was letting him down. At 5-5, Sinner earned himself four break point