French Open 2018: Alexander Zevrev Battles Through To Beat Karen Khachanov, Becomes Youngest Player To Reach Quater-finals In 10 Years

Alexender Zverev fought through a tough match with Karen Khachanov which he won to become the youngest player ever to reach the quarter-finals in 10 years at Roland Garros.
The German, 21, started off dropping the opener and third set to the Russian, he soon picked up on his resilience and aggression and made it through to the round last eight winning two remaining sets for a decisive victory by 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 after over three and half hour of play.
The match slipped off the hand of Khachanov as the German kept his aces at its best with missile-like backhand shot and powerful groundstrokes to the Russian and sealed his victory as he smashed a backhand shot across the court which on the world no. 38th netted on forehand return.

Zevrev, who won both Munich and Madrid Open title consecutively, will face in the quarter-finals Austrian and Madrid Open finalist Dominic Thiem who comfortably defeat Japan's Kei Nishikori after topping four sets 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4.