The sky gray, the temperatures cool and a bit of wind that blows over the system: Alexander Zverev doesn’t really like to play tennis under these conditions. It was all the more remarkable that the German had everything under control at all times in his first match at the French Open against the American Learner. 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4, after 1:53 hours on the second largest court of the facility in Paris. Jannik Sinner (2:15 hours) and Carlos Alcaraz (1:56 hours) took a little longer at their opening match. “It was a good start to the tournament” “Usually I always play four or five sets in the first matches,” said Zverev, who still had to fight with a stomach virus last week, but was happy that his work was this time this time was over. “It was a good start to the tournament. I am satisfied.” The German succeeded not everything, but much, but a lot. Zverev served strongly over long distances, dominated most points and forced Tien again and again to mistakes. The longer the rallies lasted, the greater the advantage of the German against the 19 -year -old opponent on the other side, who had hit him in Acapulco at the beginning of the year. In the first set, Zverev used two of his four break balls. With his own service, he did 16 out of 18 points. It was all the more astonishing that in the middle of the second set at once Tien had opportunities to win a game with the opponent’s surcharge. But Zverev remained stable at the important moments, used a break chance and also won the second and third sentence. It has not yet been determined. The Dutchman Jesper de Jong (number 88 in the world) or the Italian Francesco Passaro (139) are available. As a clear favorite, Zverev will go into the match either way.
