Rome Masters: Zverev completes win over Wolf, faces Medvedev next
Alexander Zverev beat J.J. Wolf 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday and will play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Alexander Zverev of Germany in action during his match against Jeffrey John JJ Wolf of United States of America at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy on May 15th, 2023. (Inside/Panoramic)
German Alexander Zverev, the No 19 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against American J.J. Wolf 6-4, 7-5 at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.
Zverev, ranked No 22, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, the German edged out Belgian David Goffin (5-7, 6-3, 6-4).
Wolf, ranked No 54, defeated French lucky loser Hugo Grenier (7-5, 7-5) and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
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Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
- Daniil Medvedev beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (31): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 7-6 (8), 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Borna Coric (15) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko (LL): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- 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 (24) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
- Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5
