Alexander Zverev Crushes Kei Nishikori to Reach Quarter-finals

Alexander Zverev swept previous Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-1 6-1 to attain the French Open quarter-finals for the third time on Sunday.

After a aggressive opening set the highly effective German raced away from the Japanese participant who lacked the firepower to make any impression on the sixth seed.

Zverev hit 25 winners and wrapped up the win in a single hour 54 minutes to arrange a last-eight conflict with unseeded Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

“Hopefully I’ve acquired three extra matches left right here,” Zverev, who has enjoyed some impressive from on clay this season with a title-run in Madrid, said on court.

Zverev started like a house on fire, surging into a 3-0 lead with some aggressive hitting.

But Nishikori, seeking a 13th Grand Slam quarter-final appearance and fourth on the Parisian clay, responded well and hit back to level at 3-3.

His challenge fizzled out though when he dropped serve at 4-5 to lose the first set and Zverev was in command thereafter.