The German reeled off 11 consecutive points to get back on serve, and he never looked back, rambling through 16 of the final 21 games to improve to 43-10 lifetime at Roland-Garros.
Zverev, who squandered a two sets to one lead against Carlos Alcaraz in the 2024 final, has reached at least the semifinal in five of his last six Roland-Garros appearances, but has lost three of his four semifinals in Paris.
Zverev will face the winner of Tuesday’s night session between Joao Fonseca and Jakub Mensik.
The German has defeated both players on clay this season. He took out Fonseca in the quarterfinals in Monte-Carlo, 6-3 in the third, and defeated Mensik 6-3 in the third in Madrid, in the round of 16.
With Tuesday’s win, Zverev became the ninth man in the Open era to play at least five semifinals on the Parisian terre battue.
Is it an achievement that the German takes pride in?
“Not really,” he said. “Don’t really care. I want to keep going, of course. I want to be in the tournament and I want to win the matches that are ahead of me.”