Third seed Zverev battles into French Open quarter-finals

PARIS:

Alexander Zverev

reached the French Open quarter-finals for the fourth time by ending Spanish qualifier

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

' run in the last 16 on Sunday.


Zverev's quality in the big moments proved enough in a 7-6 (13/11), 7-5, 6-3 victory.

The 25-year-old German will face either

Karen Khachanov

or teenage sensation

Carlos Alcaraz

in the last eight.

Zapata Miralles, the world number 131, had three set points in the first-set tie-break, which Zverev took on his fourth set point.

The underdog led by a break twice in the second set but Zverev always looked a danger on his opponent's serve and completed victory after two hours and 45 minutes on Court

Suzanne Lenglen

.