Three -set victory for the start
Zverev at French Open without any problems
Updated on May 27, 2025 – 2:59 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Glatter for Alexander Zverev: German number one starts the title hunt in Paris with a confident victory over US teenager Learner Tien.
Alexander Zverev moved into the second round at the French Open in Paris without difficulty. The 28-year-old Hamburger prevailed 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4 against the American Learner Tien, who was nine years younger and successfully started hunting for his first Grand Slam title in 1:53 hours.
Zverev, who has always reached the final of Roland Garros and 2024 since 2021, now meets Jesper de Jong (Netherlands) or Francesco Passaro (Italy), both against the number 88 and number 139 in the world, he would be the very clear favorite. “Roland Garros is a special place for me,” said Zverev and added satisfied: “It was a good start to the tournament, hopefully there will be two fun weeks here.”
The German number one had traveled to Paris with mixed results in the previous sandplace season, during the dress rehearsal in his hometown of Hamburg he had also lost in the round of 16 against the Frenchman Alexandre Müller due to illness. At the start of his tenth French Open participation and his 37th major tournament, Zverev was then fully on the height.
Tien, who caused a sensation for the Australian Open in January and had conquered Zverev in February in Acapulco in Hartplatz in the only direct duel to date, began researching and courageous. But Zverev remained calm and focused, used his first break chance to 4: 3, shortly afterwards celebrated himself past the network post after a fantastic return shot and got sentence one after 33 minutes.
In the second round, Zverev briefly wobbled, had to ward off four break balls, but did this confidently. Also in sentence three, not everything worked as hoped, but the rock solid lecture was enough against a limited opponent.
This also kept a series: since 2021, when he won against Oscar Otte after 0: 2 set deficit, Zverev has not lost a sentence during a opening match in Paris. In 2024 he also won the memorable first round game against Rafael Nadal without loss of sets.