French Open 2023: Dominant Alexander Zverev crushes Alex Molcan to advance into third round

Alexander Zverev eased into the third round of the French Open with a comprehensive straight sets win over Alex Molcan. The German broke his opponent at the start of all three sets to set him on his way to a 6-4 6-2 6-1 victory.

Ad Molan did he best to stay with Zverev in the first but the two-time Roland-Garros semi-finalist upped the gears in the second before dominating the third to advance. Roland-GarrosNadal set to leave top 100, but who else faces big post-French Open ranking drop?25/05/2023 AT 09:52 “Today I had to play my best tennis, much better than the first round,” Zverev said on court.

“I’m happy to finally be finding my form and finding my rhythm again. “This is the perfect timing because this is the tournament you want to play, this is the tournament you want to win and I couldn’t be happier with today and in general how my tennis is at the moment.” Putting all nightmares from last year’s horror injury on Court Philippe-Chatrier aside, Zverev came flying out of the traps in the opener to claim an instant break and consolidated with a clean hold to take an early two-game advantage.

Molcan kept within touching distance of the 26-year-old and denied him a double break, displaying some brilliant tennis to get on the board. Known for his ridiculous backhand antics, the German troubled Molcan with his striking forehand which helped him restore his two-game cushion before the Slovakian held to close the gap again and remind Zverev he wouldn’t be in for a comfortable night.

But Zverev posted another clean hold as he rattled off his 10th and 11th winners of the match before Molcan dug deep to hold again after a tricky 28 minutes. Both players held in the remaining games as the 22nd seed edged the set with a flurry