Rome Masters: Zapata Miralles books spot in third round

Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 31 seed, moved into the third round of the Rome Masters by winning against Australian Jason Kubler 6-4, 6-1 at the Foro Italico on Saturday.

Zapata Miralles, ranked No 38, will face the winner of the match between Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.

Kubler, ranked No 66, defeated Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

Rome Masters, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Guido Pella vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. J.J. Wolf: saturday
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Carlos Alcaraz: saturday
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Evans: saturday
• Borna Coric vs. Thiago Monteiro: saturday
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-0
• Holger Rune (7) beat Arthur Fils (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Alexander Bublik beat Ben Shelton (28): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Cristian Garin beat Tommy Paul (16): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Fabio Fognini (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (30): 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Gregoire Barrere beat Karen Khachanov (11): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Laslo Djere beat Botic van de Zandschulp (23): 6-2, 6-4
• Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Alexander Shevchenko (LL) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics beat Alex De Minaur (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Yibing Wu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-2, 6-3