Alexander Zverev, 3rd in the world, still fought a big fight Friday in the 3rd round of Roland-Garros, but he overcame the American Brandon Nakashima (75th) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3, 7 -6 (7/5) and will find the 8th finals. The 25-year-old German, finalist in Madrid and semi-finalist in Rome in recent weeks, will face Sunday for a place in the quarterfinals the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata (131st), who defeated the American John Isner. In his tight duel against Nakashima, the Tokyo Olympic champion was able to rely on his big serve: he scored 18 aces and won 77% of the points played on his first serve. It’s a lot, especially since he passed 67% of first serves. And fortunately because if he managed a total of 50 winning shots, he committed as many unforced errors. After a first round in less than two hours, he had imposed a marathon of 3h36 in the 2nd round by going up two sets before dismissing the Argentinian Sebastian Baez (36th) 2-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5, not without saving a match point. This time, it took him 2h48 to complete the match.
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