12:56
Alexander Zverev – Jesper de Jong 0: 0
The Dutch opens and does this with a service winner. The second rallies then have it all, send 22 strokes Zverev and de Jong back and forth. A few good forehand shots by the favorite parries de Jong, finally he tries it with a backhand stop that flies too short into the net.
12:53
Head to Head
Incidentally, it is the third Grand Slam tournament for de Jong, last year there was two ends at the Australian Open and Roland Garros in round-fate is repeated for the Dutch? Once, de Jong has already met Zverev: the German had problems on the way to the final at the Rothenbaum in Hamburg in the summer of 2024 and won 6: 2, 6: 2.
12:50
The sun shines in Paris
The sun shines on the Court Simonne-Mathieu, in the best weather the two protagonists are in. After a short warm -up it can start soon.
12:48
Competitive five -set match
His current opponent Jesper de Jong pushed into the top 100 in the world in spring, and he is currently placed in 87th place. The Dutchman has not played on the ATP tour as much as in the past few months. By reaching the third round at the Masters in Rome, he put a small exclamation mark on a larger stage – but against Sinner there was an end in two sets. In round one, de Jong defeated the Italian Francesco Passaro with a strong morale after 0-2 deficit in five sets. With 3:49 h season, the Dutch was almost two hours longer on the pitch than Sascha Zverev.
12:43
Favorite major
There is hardly a better place than Roland Garros to put its shape weakness. As the only player in the past four years, he has always reached the semi-finals, after three unsuccessful attempts to get the final, including the ankle injury in 2022, he was known to be the first time last year and lost the final for the first time and lost to Alcaraz.
12:37
Weak sandplace season
Despite the feasible path, Zverev actually reaches the quarter -finals is not a matter of course. His shape was too fluctuating in the current clay court season. At the home tournament in Hamburg, Zverev left sick early in the round of 16, but he won the other ATP500 tournament in Germany in Munich a month earlier. However, the three clay court masters in Rome (quarter-finals), Madrid (round of 16) and Monte Carlo (second round) ended too early.
12:30
Court Simonne-Mathieu free
The Russian Mirra Andreeva has just successfully completed her second-round match against the American Ashlyn Krueger. After 1: 13h Andreeva converted the first match ball. The Court Simonne-Mathieu is now free for Zverev and de Jong in the third largest stadium of Roland Garros, so it can start in a few minutes.
12:27
Feasible path to the quarter -finals
And it is already clear that the tournament path would be more feasible at least to the quarter -finals. Since in Zverev’s eighth the three players set Auger-Aliasseime, Cerúndolo and Dimitrov all flew in the first round, the number three in the world would not meet a player in the seed list until the quarter-finals. On the potential path to the title, however, big names could wait in every round: Djokovic in the quarter -finals, Sinner in the semi -finals and Alcaraz in the final.
12:20
Sovereign victory
Less than two hours, Alexander Zverev stood on the pitch in the first round. Against 19-year-old Learner Tien, number 67 in the world, the Hamburg-born was clearly superior and won 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4 in three sets.
12:15
Welcome
Hello and welcome to Zverev’s second -round match in Roland Garros! The German number one is challenged by the 24 -year -old Dutchman Jesper de Jong. After the current game between Mirra Andreeva and Ashlyn Krueger, the match will probably not start on the Court Simonne-Mathieu before 12:45 p.m.