Loose gallop: Zverev's successful start in the French Open

Alexander Zverev moved into the second round at the French Open. The Olympic champion clearly won his opening match against the Austrian Sebastian Ofner on Sunday with 6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 4 and was never required. After 1:49 hours, Zverev converted his fourth match ball.

"Usually I start a Grand Slam tournament with a match over five sets and several hours," said Zverev after the slightly gallop. "But Sergi told me that I should do it differently today, and for once I heard on him," said the German number one with a view to his new Spanish coach Sergi Bruguera.

On the other hand, that came for a German trio. Jule Niemeier had to give up 7: 5, 4: 6, 2: 6 at her Grand Slam debut despite a long-term convincing performance by American Sloane Stephens. Tatjana Maria lost against the Sorana Cristea from Romania, which was placed at number 26, 3: 6, 3: 6, Daniel Altmaier was defeated by the Spaniard Jaume Munar with 1: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6. On Monday, Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic have the chance to move into the second round.

Zverev has everything under control

Zverev had everything under control on the Court Suzanne Lenglen from the start. The 25-year-old played concentrated, but was never seriously challenged by the qualifier of the age. After 31 minutes, Zverev got the first set, after just over an hour it was already 2-0 sets for the favorite.

Zverev had presented itself to the French Open. With the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, German number one had already failed in the round of 16 after she had previously put too pressure on the hunt for his first Grand Slam title. In Paris, his name hardly falls when it comes to the favorites. A fact that Zverev wants to use for itself. The start is made. The 25-year-old is now dealing with the winner of the game between the Argentinian Sebastian Baez and the Serbs Dusan Lajovic.