Alexander Zverev crushes John Millman to reach Australian Open third round

Alexander Zverev outlined his Australian Open title credentials with a virtually flawless performance in beating John Millman 6-4 6-4 6-0 to reach the third round. The Olympic champion was given a stern test early on with his Australian opponent buoyed by a partisan crowd, but the third seed produced some of his best tennis — particularly late in the match — to demonstrate why he is considered to be a serious contender to succeed Novak Djokovic as champion.

Ad/> Zverev made an impressive start, breaking Millman in the opening game, before the home favourite hit back straight away. The German reasserted his early advantage in the third game with a break to 15 and consolidated that, before he eventually closed out the set.

Australian OpenAustralian Open order of play, Day 2 – Raducanu and Murray fly GB flagYESTERDAY AT 15:24 Despite admirable fight from Millman, the third seed was cruising and he broke again at the same point as the first set, going on to take a 3-1 lead and despite coming under pressure on serve in the eighth game, he saw out the set. /> Now Zverev was beginning to deliver what Eurosport commentator and former British number one Jo Durie described as a “masterclass”, and he was showing a full range of shots as he took his opponent apart in the third set.

'The chocolate was over!' — Nadal reveals he has cut down on favourite treat Nadal into third round after hard-fought win over 'dangerous' Hanfmann He was in the zone and broke Millman in the opening game of the third set, but he was not giving anything on his serve either, rattling off successive games to take a 4-0 lead. «I could really feel that you guys had been in lockdown for two years,» Zverev said in his on court interview.