Zverev cruises past Bonzi into French Open second round, Fritz knocked out

[p]On a scorching Court Philippe Chatrier, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Zverev[/a] needed just over two hours to see off world number 95 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bonzi-benjamin/M5OpGHqH/"]Bonzi[/a] on the opening day of the clay-court Grand Slam.[/p][p]Zverev broke in the sixth game of the first set to take control.[/p][p][b]The pair exchanged breaks midway through the second set, before Zverev pounced on his opponent's serve to get ahead 5-4, immediately sealing the two-set lead with a clean hold.[/b][/p][p]With the mercury tipping past 30 °C, Zverev raced through the final set to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bonzi-b-M5OpGHqH/zverev-a-dGbUhw9m/?mid=dC0NtKEi"]book his ticket into the round of 64[/a].[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="73e0b55f-4083-465f-b54c-1124e984d83b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="30b262fc-42fa-40d7-9a4e-fe26d9bcabd3" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]"Very good start to the tournament, always nice to start with a straight-sets win," [/b]Zverev said on court.[/p][p][b]"(It was) all around a good performance, very happy with the start."[/b][/p][p]The 29-year-old German second seed will next face Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/machac-tomas/S44E7UYr/"]Tomas Machac[/a], who earlier beat Belgium's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergs-zizou/SbeTx1o8/"]Zizou Bergs[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bergs-z-SbeTx1o8/machac-t-S44E7UYr/?mid=EHb9uGHO"]6-4, 6-4, 6-3[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khachanov-karen/4bNPtZT5/"]Karen Khachanov[/a] of Russia also advanced into the second round with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gea-a-M5Nr6FTR/khachanov-k-4bNPtZT5/?mid=b3P7ZsjR"]straight-sets win[/a] over French wildcard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gea-arthur/M5Nr6FTR/"]Arthur Gea[/a].[/p][embed guid="1a627a85-f2b3-4677-be8a-e1a92b1c27d5" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aipr0nnQDM8" social-type="youtube" /][p]Czech 26th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mensik-jakub/UFj257G8/"]Jakub Mensik[/a] made similarly short work of another French invitee, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/droguet-titouan/A57Xet1f/"]Titouan Droguet[/a], as the 20-year-old strolled through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/droguet-t-A57Xet1f/mensik-j-UFj257G8/?mid=bqZDD0T7"]6-3, 6-2, 6-4[/a].[/p][p]Brazilian 19-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fonseca-joao/tv073LUc/"]Joao Fonseca[/a] then put on a clinical display [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fonseca-j-tv073LUc/pavlovic-l-Mkf0LF4j/?mid=IHLcwl2U"]to see off hometown qualifier Luka Pavlovic[/a] without dropping a set.[/p][h2]Fritz stunned by Basavareddy[/h2][p]Later in the day, seventh seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Taylor Fritz[/a] was ⁠stunned [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/basavareddy-n-rqtJueQt/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/?mid=KGAzv3tK"]7-6(5), 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-1[/a] by fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/basavareddy-nishesh/rqtJueQt/"]Nishesh Basavareddy[/a] in ‌the first round of the French Open on ‌Sunday as his injury-disrupted claycourt season ‌ended with a whimper.[/p][p]Fritz returned with an ‌opening defeat at Geneva last week ‌after two months away due to a knee injury, and he showed signs of ‌rust under the afternoon sun ⁠on Court ‌Suzanne Lenglen against 21-year-old wildcard Basavareddy.[/p][p]After a tight ​opening set slipped away in a see-sawing tiebreak, the 28-year-old came ​out firing in the second frame, only to surrender an early break ⁠as Basavareddy mixed ​up his game with impeccable drop shots to trouble his compatriot.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="b84ba477-4303-4acf-a29e-dd09a317fe11" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="bb9600b6-c728-4c2d-a3dd-3af9a2d28b20" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Fritz was soon staring at back-to-back first-round defeats at ‌Roland Garros when world number 148 Basavareddy unleashed a powerful serve late in the second-set tiebreak to double his lead in the match.[/p][p]The third set went with serve for 12 games, and Fritz let out a loud scream when he won the tiebreak after ‌saving a match point, but Basavareddy was ​not to be denied a maiden ‌top-10 win, and he took complete control of the fourth set and finished the job.[/p][embed guid="21666e9c-ec65-426f-af94-138f9e382ed0" url="https://x.com/rolandgarros/status/2058625999680471054" social-type="twitter" /][p]Up next for Basavareddy is a second-round clash with either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shevchenko-alexander/jTIB3FIA/"]⁠Alexander Shevchenko[/a] ⁠or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/michelsen-alex/nDIhfm9l/"]Alex Michelsen[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/french-open/"]Follow the men's side of the French Open here.[/a][/b][/p]