Last year’s runner-up Alexander Zverev cantered into the second round of the French Open with a dominant 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over American Learner Tien yesterday.
The German third seed, still chasing an elusive maiden Grand Slam title, broke once in each set to advance comfortably and set up a meeting with Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands or Italian Francesco Passaro.
It was a good start to the tournament”, said Zverev.
I’m happy with the three-set win, usually it’s more four or five sets in first matches. Hopefully it will continue like this and it will be a fun two weeks here”.
The fact that Tien, the world 67, had already beaten him, helped Zverev keep his feet on the ground throughout on court Suzanne Lenglen.
“He beat a lot of great opponents – (Daniil) Medvedev at the Australian Open and me in Acapulco”, Zverev recalled.
