Rome Masters: Djere moves into last 16 by way of a walkover over Cristian Garin

Serb Laslo Djere advanced to the last 16 of the Rome Masters when Chilean Cristian Garin retired at the Foro Italico on Sunday afternoon.

Djere, ranked No 62, led 6-3, 2-1 when Garin, ranked No 79, pulled out on Sunday at the Foro Italico.

The Serb will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, and Kazakh Alexander Bublik next.

Laslo Djere benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-1) and won against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed (6-2, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of the Italian Open, the Chilean edged out Argentinian Pedro Cachin (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)) and American Tommy Paul, the No 16 seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-4).

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

• Borna Coric vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Jannik Sinner
• Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Bublik
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Cameron Norrie
• Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Holger Rune (7) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5