Tennis, ATP – Roland-Garros 2024: Zverev sees off Griekspoor

“Honestly, obviously it was not my best match…. I managed somehow down 4-1 in the final. He started maybe to think a little bit, but I started to play much better and obviously (I’m) happy with the win…. Of course down 4-1 there’s a lot more chance you’re going to lose the match than you’re going to win.”

Zverev, ranked No 4, will play the winner of the match between Slovak lucky loser Jozef Kovalik and Dane Holger Rune, the No 13 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the German defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal (6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3) and Belgian David Goffin (7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2).

Griekspoor, ranked No 25, beat American Mackenzie McDonald (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2) and Italian Luciano Darderi (7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results:

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Casper Ruud
• Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Jozef Kovalik vs. Holger Rune: saturday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tommy Paul: saturday
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Tomas Machac: 7-6 (4), 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (21) beat Ben Shelton (15): 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Sebastian Ofner: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Sebastian Korda (27): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (9) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4