Rome Masters: Musetti beats Tiafoe to reach last 16, Tsitsipas next

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).

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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