Roland-Garros: Zverev moves into second round

Alexander Zverev beat Lloyd Harris 7-6 (6), 7-6, 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon and will play Slovak Alex Molcan in the next round

Germany’s Alexander Zverev in action during his first round match against South Africa’s Lloyd Harris (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)

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May 30, 2023

French Open 2023 Men's Singles •First round • completed

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A. ZverevvsL. Harris

German Alexander Zverev, the No 22 seed, defeated South African Lloyd Harris 7-6 (6), 7-6 (0), 6-1 to reach the second round of Roland-Garros at Stade Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday.

Zverev suffered a serious ankle injury in last year’s semi-final against Rafael Nadal, which kept him out of the rest of the season. Since his return in January 2023, he is now 17-14 for the season.

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Harris was giving Zverev a good test until picking up an injury himself, necessitating medical attention.

Zverev, ranked No 27, will play Slovak Alex Molcan next.

Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):

Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez
Richard Gasquet vs. Arthur Rinderknech
Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks

Quentin Halys vs. Guido Pella
Timofey Skatov vs. Grigor Dimitrov
Michael Mmoh vs. Taylor Fritz
Thiago Monteiro vs. Yannick Hanfmann
Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jaume Munar
Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Gregoire Barrere: tuesday
Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev: tuesday
Alexander Bublik vs. Giulio Zeppieri: tuesday
Alex Molcan beat Hugo Gaston (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-4
Max Purcell beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Andrea Vavassori vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: tuesday
Genaro Alberto Olivieri (Q) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Yoshihito Nishioka (27) beat J.J. Wolf: 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Casper Ruud (4) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Dellien: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Tommy Paul (16) beat Dominic Stricker (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
Luca Van Assche beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
Zhizhen Zhang beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 4-1 ret.
Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Daniel Altmaier beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
Jiri Lehecka beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) beat Arthur Fils (WC): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Marcos Giron beat Hamad Medjedovic (Q): 6-0, 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
Pedro Cachin beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 4-6, 6-2
Borna Coric (15) beat Federico Coria: 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
Thiago Agustin Tirante beat Botic van de Zandschulp (25): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (3) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
Taro Daniel beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 1-6, 6-4
Fabio Fognini beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Roberto Bautista Agut (19) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
Aslan Karatsev (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-2
Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 1-0 ret.
Alex De Minaur (18) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Pablo Varillas beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Diego Schwartzman beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32): 1-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (14) beat Benoit Paire (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
Lucas Pouille (Q) beat Jurij Rodionov (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Ugo Humbert beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Alexander Shevchenko beat Oscar Otte: 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Lorenzo Sonego beat Ben Shelton (30): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Andrey Rublev (7) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Corentin Moutet beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Lorenzo Musetti (17) beat Mikael Ymer: 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Roberto Carballes Baena beat Emilio Nava (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Sebastian Korda (24) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Nuno Borges beat John Isner: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
Jason Kubler beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Jiri Vesely: 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
Marton Fucsovics beat Hugo Grenier (WC): 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) beat Daniel Evans (20): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Radu Albot (Q) beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Karen Khachanov (11) beat Constant Lestienne: 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Hubert Hurkacz (13) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Tallon Griekspoor beat Pedro Martinez (Q): 6-4, 2-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2