World quantity 4 Alexander Zverev survived a marathon match to beat Tallon Griekspoor 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3) within the French Open third spherical on Saturday and maintain alive his hopes of a primary Grand Slam title.
Zverev, a semi-finalist for the final three years, had not dropped a set in his opening two matches, together with a first-round win over Rafael Nadal, however he was on the again foot when the Dutch twenty sixth seed gained the opening set.
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The German lastly broke serve when main 5-4 within the second set to degree the match and made lighter work of the third set, and when Griekspoor took a medical timeout, it appeared that Zverev would have little hassle closing out victory.
Nonetheless, the Dutch 27-year-old compelled a deciding set and held a 4-1 benefit after two breaks of serve earlier than Zverev roared again to win 4 consecutive video games.
Griekspoor saved his nerve to power a tiebreak, however after an enthralling match lasting over 4 hours on Court docket Philippe Chatrier, Zverev fired down an ace to clinch the tiebreak.