Alexander Zverev breezed into the fourth round at Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over Marcos Giron.

The second seed had little difficulty in sweeping aside his American opponent, triumphing 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 on Saturday.

Giron had never featured in a third round at this grass-court major across six previous appearances, and he was offered a rude awakening by the dominant Zverev.

The 2026 French Open champion came flying out of the blocks, breaking Giron's second service game of the match and rarely looking back in a routine first-set triumph.

A much tighter second set followed as Giron missed two separate chances to break, and he was punished for a slip-up in the tie-break decider as Zverev pulled 2-0 in front. 

Zverev refused to let his grasp on the match slip, with Giron dropping his first service in the third, though the German did suffer the same fate to leave his lead at a slender 4-3.

Giron managed to survive three break points in the following game to hold, but Zverev would not be denied two games later, wrapping up the victory with ease.

Fifth seed Alex de Minaur also had little trouble in booking his place in the fourth round, beating Zachary Svajda 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-4.

Zverev riding major wave

Zverev claimed his 128th career singles win at grand slams, surpassing Rafael Nadal (127) for the outright second-most of any player since the German's debut in 2015.

Having won his maiden grand slam last month at Roland-Garros, Zverev is now on a 10-match winning streak in major action, having come out on top again when facing Giron.

Indeed, Zverev has won all five of his meetings with Giron, with three of those coming on grass (two at Wimbledon, the other in the second round in 2024).

But the 29-year-old will have to do something he has never done before. Zverev has not passed the fourth round at the All England Club in any of his nine previous tournaments.

He has a different feeling this time, however. 

"Winning in Paris, coming here with a title, it helps. It was my first one and I want to keep going," Zverev said.

"I feel different from last year. I feel like I play better tennis and have more confidence in important moments. I want to keep going and play more important matches."