Alexander Zverev advances to Roland Garros QFs after Tallon Griekspoor retires | ATP Tour

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Zverev advances to Roland Garros QFs after Griekspoor retires

German next plays Djokovic or Norrie

June 02, 2025

Alexander Zverev advanced to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros for the seventh time in eight years on Monday, when Tallon Griekspoor was forced to retire during the second set.

The German Zverev led the Dutchman 6-4, 3-0 before Griekspoor called the physio and then ended proceedings after 54 minutes. The World No. 35 had led Zverev 3-0 in the first set but seemed to lack energy during the clash on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Zverev and Griekspoor were renewing their rivalry and meeting for the third time this year, having produced classic encounters in Indian Wells and Munich.

At the ATP Masters 1000 event in California, Griekspoor earned the biggest win of his career when he upset Zverev to earn a battling 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) victory on his sixth match point. Zverev then gained his revenge, clinching an equally tense 6-7(6), 7-6(3), 6-4 victory on home soil Munich, where he went on to win the title. After seven meetings since March of 2024, the German leads the overall Lexus ATP Head2Head series 8-2.

Zverev was one set away from lifting his maiden major trophy in Paris last year before eventually falling to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets in the title match. The 28-year-old arrived in the French capital off the back of a fourth-round defeat in Madrid, a quarter-final exit in Rome and a second-round loss in Hamburg.

However, the No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings has looked in control through his opening four matches in Paris, where he has dispatched #NextGenATP American Learner Tien, Dutchman Jesper de Jong and Italian Flavio Cobolli. Seeking his first major, Zverev will take on Novak Djokovic or Cameron Norrie in the quarter-finals. Djokovic leads Zverev 8-5 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, while the German holds a perfect 6-0 record against Norrie.

Griekspoor was trying to reach the quarter-finals at a major for the first time. Last week, the 28-year-old defeated Marcos Giron and Gabriel Diallo in four sets and overcame Ethan Quinn in a three-hour, 16-minute five-setter.