French Open 2025 Men’s Day 7

Formidable Jannik Sinner produced the most dominating victory of his Grand Slam career on Friday as the world No. 1 humiliated Jiri Lehecka 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 at the French Open.

The lop-sided rout in 94 minutes at Roland Garros came as the Italian powered into the fourth round with his Czech opponent providing sparse resistance.

Sinner beat his own personal best by losing just three games; his previous record-setter was four lost in the 2024 Australian Open third round against Sebastian Baez.

The winner ripped his opponent at will, committing just nine unforced errors to the 29 of Lehecka.

“Today I woke up feeling good and physically ready,” Sinner said. “You have to go hard at the beginning (stages) of a Grand Slam to get the confidence to keep going.

“Today I played really, really well for the first two and a half sets. He was serving well and played some good serve-volley.

“We’ve played before so we both knew what to expect.”

Sinner said he was so much in the zone that he limited his pre-match warmup to less than half an hour.

“It was a relaxed morning, I went to the court with good focus. I just tried to play the right tactics we had discussed on the team.

During the initial onslaught, it took 78 minutes for Lehecka to finally win a game, drawing cheers from  fans at the Lenglen showcourt.

But the joy quickly dissipated as Sinner raced away into the last 16 at the clay classic almost undisturbed.

After dropping just one game in the first two sets, the top seed broke to start the third and ripped an overhead winner on match point to close out the performance.

Treble Grand Slam champion Sinner, who currently holds the Australian and US Open titles, extended his win streak at the majors to 17 on the trot. He has reached the last 16 without losing a set. 

Second seed Alexander Zverev followed Sinner’s winning template with his  6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-1 win over Italian Flavio Cobolli, last week’s Hamburg titleholder with a winning run of seven matches.

The German seed reached the Paris fourth round for the eighth consecutive edition in two and a half hours.

Zverev, who played the 2024 final but was taken off in a wheelchair two ears earlier with a major knee injury, said his relationship with the Chatrier showcourt is a “love story.”

 “I’ve had some of my best memories and my worst memories here,” he said. “This is a love story that has not gotten to the happy ending yet.

“I hope one day it will. this is the tournament I look forward to most during the year.”

The German had to work to get out of danger in the second set against his Italian opponent and used his big-match experience in the third to finally wrap it up on a fourth match point.

British No. 1 Jack Draper continued into the second week of a Grand Slam for the second time this season, crushing fellow young gun Joao Fonseca 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

The fifth-seeded Draper has the goods on his teenaged Brazilian opponent after defeating Fonseca on the way to a Masters title at Indian Wells in March.

He will play in the second week here for the first time after his solid win.

“I played well in quite difficult conditions,” the winner said of the hot weather which creates a more lively ball and bounce.

“The first set ws key, I got on top and used my forehand well, I also served well.

Mentally, it was a good performance,

“Hopefully in the second week there is more to come.  I could do much more today in these conditions after playing my first two matches at night in the cold.”

Tallon Griekspoor dispatched US qualifier Ethan Quinn, going the distance for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2) 6-1, 6-4 victory.