Zverev advances at Paris Olympics; Fritz, Felix earn wins
pReigning Olympic gold medalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a continued his quest at this year's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a on Tuesday when he moved past Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a 6-3, 7-5 to reach the third round./p
pIn hot conditions on Court a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/philippe-chatrier/ci59/overview'Philippe Chatrier/a, the German won 88 per cent (14/16) of his first-serve points in the first set and then rallied from a break down in the second set to advance after one hour and 35 minutes./p
pZverev, who struck 24 winners, won the gold medal in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, beating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a en route. The No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings will next face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a after the Australian beat Swiss a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stan-wawrinka/w367/overview'Stan Wawrinka/a 6-4, 7-5./p
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pIn other action, American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a moved past Briton a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round. The seventh seed, who fired 16 aces and saved all nine break points he faced, is making his Olympics debut./p
pFritz will next face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a after the Italian beat Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mariano-navone/n0bs/overview'Mariano Navone/a 7-6(2), 6-3. Musetti arrived in Paris in good form, having advanced to his first major semi-final at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and the title match at the ATP 250 clay-court event in Umag./p
pCanadian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a wasted little time advancing, defeating German a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximilian-marterer/mn13/overview'Maximilian Marterer/a 6-0, 6-1 in 64 minutes. Auger-Aliassime will next face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a or Austrian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-ofner/o513/overview'Sebastian Ofner/a./p
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