Zverev cruises into French Open round two

PARIS - Last years runner-up Alexander Zverev cantered into the second round of the French Open with a dominant 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over American Learner Tien on Tuesday.

The German third seed, still chasing an elusive maiden Grand Slam title, broke once in each set to advance comfortably and set up a meeting with Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands or Italian Francesco Passaro.

It was a good start to the tournament, said Zverev.

Im happy with the three-set win, usually its more four or five sets in first matches. Hopefully it will continue like this and it will be a fun two weeks here.

The fact that Tien, the world 67, had already beaten him, helped Zverev keep his feet on the ground throughout on court Suzanne Lenglen.

He beat a lot of great opponents - (Daniil) Medvedev at the Australian Open and me in Acapulco, Zverev recalled.

He is going climb up the rankings. Today it helped that I played him once before, maybe it helped that I lost also to him. I am happy with the performance all around. REUTERS

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