Zverev overcomes Dzumhur to reach French Open pre-quarters

Paris June 1 (IANS) Germany s Alexander Zverev lived up to his world No.3 billing with a come-from-behind 6-2 3-6 4-6 7-6(7-3) 7-5 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina s world No. 29 Damir Dzumhur in a French Open third round thriller here on Friday.
The 21-year-old Zverev struggled mightily for almost four hours but finally subdued the 26-year-old Dzumhur on Philippe-Chatrier Court to reach the pre-quarterfinals reports Efe.
"The crowd was unbelievable. Thanks to everyone for coming out. It is the first time I have won on this court and in this way. So hopefully many more to come " Zverev said.
Although Zverev stormed to a 1-0 set lead he fell behind as Dzumhur turned up the heat striking 18 winners compared to Zverev s only four winning the second set.
Zverev then gave his rival some help by committing 17 unforced errors in the third set compared to Dzumhur s six as Dzumhur went up two sets to one.
At that point Zverev woke up and stole back the victory in the fourth and fifth sets winning the fourth set s tie break.
In the upcoming round Zverev is due to face the winner of the match between French national favourite Lucas Pouille and Karen Khachanov of Russia.

--IANS pur/bg