With 19 aces and a extremely concentrated efficiency Alexander Zverev reached the third spherical of the French Open for the tenth time. The 29-year-old gained confidently towards the Czech Tomáš Macháč 6:4, 6:2, 6:2 and might proceed to hope for a Grand Slam triumph in Paris this yr. Within the battle for the spherical of 16, Zverev will now face Frenchman Quentin Halys.
Zverev significantly shone together with his serve. The Hamburg native scored lots of free factors, however he did not concede a break towards Macháč, who was bodily injured on the finish. Throughout the course of the match, Zverev has not misplaced a set but.
For the world quantity three, it was the 550th victory on the tour. Of the male German tennis professionals, solely Boris Becker (713) and Tommy Haas (569) are forward of him on this statistic.
Zverev was forward from the beginning
In opposition to Macháč, Zverev had the whole lot below management from the beginning. The 2021 Olympic champion was by no means in critical hazard when serving on his personal. One break was sufficient for him to win the primary set.
At the start of the second spherical, Zverev took his opponent’s serve twice. The German was additionally all the time profitable with stops.
When the rating was 1:4 within the second set, Macháč took a medical time-out throughout which his left foot was handled. Zverev wasn’t impressed by this both and ended the sport after 1:48 hours with the second match level.