Zverev on Grand Slam aim following Djere win at Roland Garros: "This is the main goal of my tennis career"

Alexander Zverev will face Kei Nishikori in the Last 16 at the French Open after seeing off Laslo Djere 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.

Zverev is finding his feet in the tournament after his early Oscar Otte scare in the opening round and he heaped praise on his opponent post match.

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“I was down 3-5, 40-0 on his serve and you don’t always come back from that score,” said Zverev. “He played a fantastic match, he is playing great on this surface so I knew I had to play much, much better than the first two rounds and I did that today.

But he is now starting to feel confident and is setting his sights on winning Grand Slams which he said is the goal of his career.

“I am happy that the further we go in the tournament the better I start hopefully playing. This is the main goal of my tennis career, to win Grand Slams and I feel in the past year-and-a-half I am on a very good [path] again and I hope I can continue.”

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4th round of 16 spot in a row 🖖 Alexander Zverev advances into Paris round 4 dominating Laslo Djere 6-2 7-5 6-2 #RG21

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