Rome Masters: Musetti bests compatriot Arnaldi to move into third round
Lorenzo Musetti defeated Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between German qualifier Daniel Altmaier and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, in the next round
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No 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti defeated wildcard Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico.
The 21-year-old Italian knocked out his compatriot with a straightforward win in the Italian sun to keep his home Masters 1000 hopes alive.
Musetti, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between German qualifier Daniel Altmaier and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, next.
Arnaldi, ranked No 99, won against Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) 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):
- David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (9): 6-4, 6-1
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-2
- Marco Cecchinato beat Roberto Bautista Agut (21): 6-2, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Yoshihito Nishioka (25): 7-5, 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Guido Pella: 6-0, 7-6 (4)
- J.J. Wolf beat Hubert Hurkacz (14): 6-3, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-1
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles (31) beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 6-1
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Evans (20): 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4
- Borna Coric (15) beat Thiago Monteiro: 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5)
- 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
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