Rome Masters: Musetti beats Tiafoe to reach last 16, Tsitsipas next
Lorenzo Musetti won against Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday and will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, in the next round
May 15, 2023, ROME, ITALY: Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in action during his men’s singles third round match against Frances Tiafoe of US (not pictured) at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Italy, 15 May 2023. (Zuma/Panoramic)
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 18 seed, won against American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.
Musetti, ranked No 19, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, next.
The 21-year-old Italian defeated wildcard Matteo Arnaldi (6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, Tiafoe, ranked No 12, won against German qualifier Daniel Altmaier (3-6, 7-5, 6-3).
Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Alexander Zverev (19) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 7-5
- Daniil Medvedev (3) 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
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