Watch highlights as No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev comes back from the brink at 2018 Roland Garros to defeat Damir Dzumhur in a five-set thriller in the third round. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Sure, a tidy three-set match that lasted less than two hours would have been nice. Alexander Zverev still could have tied his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros. But the 21-year-old wouldn't have had to expend so much energy to advance past Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, whom he beat 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5, saving a match point at 4-5 in the decider, in just under four hours. But, in truth, how long it takes Zverev to advance in Paris doesn't seem to bother him much, at least not now, as the first week of Roland Garros nears its close. “I'm trying to win matches. If it takes me three sets, great. If it takes...
Alexander Zverev played a dangerous game on Friday, when he came back from the brink of defeat in the fourth set — and saved one match point at 4-5 in the decider — against Damir Dzumhur at Roland Garros for the 150th match win of his career (150-78). Having led by a set and 3-1, the second-seeded German found himself staring down the barrel with Dzumhur serving for the match at 6-5 in the fourth set and later on serve at 4-5, 30/40 in the fifth set. But Dzumhur, the No. 26 seed from Bosnia and Herzegovina, blinked and Zverev fought back to complete a 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5 win in just under four hours on Court Philippe-Chatrier. “It...
You have to wonder, somewhere deep inside Alexander Zverev's head, was there a doubt swirling around, saying “Here we go, again?” Zverev has won three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles but never reached the quarter-final of a Grand Slam. And during his second-round match on Wednesday at Roland Garros, the 21-year-old fell behind two sets to one against Serbian Dusan Lajovic, who has been playing fine clay-court tennis, having reached the quarter-finals at the Mutua Madrid Open. At the Australian Open, Zverev was in a similar spot, and faded. He led two sets to one against reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung, but lost the last two 3-6, 0-6. On Wednesday, however, perhaps Zverev turned a corner....
Three of the ATP World Tour’s biggest stars needed to dig deep Wednesday to reach the third round of Roland Garros. Second seed Alexander Zverev, who has won three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles but never reached a Grand Slam quarter-final, looked to be headed for more heartbreak at the majors when he trailed Serbian Dusan Lajovic two sets to one. But the leader of the ATP Race To London powered home, winning 12 of the last 15 games of the match to win 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. It was his 18th win from his past 20 matches. Read Report “In the fourth and fifth sets, I really felt good out there even though I was a little...