Rome Masters: Zverev recovers from a set down against Goffin to reach third round

German Alexander Zverev, the No 19 seed, moved into the third round of the Rome Masters by edging out Belgian David Goffin 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at the Foro Italico on Sunday.

Zverev, ranked No 22, will face J.J. Wolf next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, Goffin, ranked No 107, beat Italian wildcard Luca Nardi (3-6, 6-4, 6-2).

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

• Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Matteo Arnaldi (WC): 6-4, 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