Rome Masters: Sinner moves into last 16

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, reached the last 16 of the Rome Masters by defeating Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 at the Foro Italico on Sunday evening.

Sinner, ranked No 8, will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, the 21-year-old Italian won against Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-1, 6-4). Shevchenko, ranked No 93, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-3, 6-4).

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

• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe
• J.J. Wolf vs. Alexander Zverev
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Borna Coric vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Laslo Djere beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
• Holger Rune (7) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5