The meeting lasted 2 hours 1 minute and ended with a score of 6:3, 7:6 (11:9).
The 25-year-old Russian filed right through twice, made two double faults and converted three out of six break points.
Zverev has 12 aces, three double faults and one realized break point.
Thus, Rublev reached the final of the ATP tournament, where he will meet the winner of the game between Russian Daniil Medvedev and Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Earlier, Medvedev said that he considers Djokovic the favorite for the semi-finals of the tournament in Dubai.