Roland-Garros: Zverev drops set, then cruises into third round

German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, moved into the third round of Roland-Garros by beating Dutchman Jesper De Jong 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 at Roland-Garros in Paris on Thursday.

This is the seventh consecutive time that the German player has reached this stage of the Grand Slam competition, and the eighth time in a row at Roland Garros.

Zverev, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Arnaldi next.

The German won against American Learner Tien (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2025.

In the previous round of the Roland-Garros 2025, De Jong, ranked No 88, produced a stunning comeback to beat Italian Francesco Passaro (3-6, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-1).

Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Jack Draper
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Ugo Humbert
• Corentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Filip Misolic
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Ethan Quinn
• Cameron Norrie vs. Federico Agustin Gomez
• Joao Fonseca vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Matteo Arnaldi: thursday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Adam Walton: thursday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Richard Gasquet: thursday
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Tallon Griekspoor: thursday
• Henrique Rocha (Q) beat Jakub Mensik (19): 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• Alexander Bublik beat Alex De Minaur (9): 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Arthur Fils (14) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 0-6, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Holger Rune (10) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Ben Shelton vs. Hugo Gaston
• Sebastian Korda (23) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (20): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Damir Dzumhur beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (24) beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
• Nuno Borges beat Casper Ruud (7): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
• Quentin Halys beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Mariano Navone beat Reilly Opelka: 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (25) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Daniel Altmaier beat Vit Kopriva: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Daniel Elahi Galan (LL): 6-4, 6-0, 6-4