Rome Masters: Khachanov through to last 16

Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 16 seed, moved into the fourth round of the Rome Masters by winning against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, 6-2, 6-4 at the Foro Italico on Sunday.

The Russian improves to 7-2 in the clay Masters 1000 series events this year. It is also his fifth win in as many meetings over Cerundolo, the third at a Masters series event in 2024. Interestingly all of his five wins over Cerundolo have come at ATP Masters Series events.

Khachanov, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Serb Novak Djokovic, the top seed, and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 29 seed, next.

In the previous round of the tournament, the Russian defeated Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (6-4, 6-4).

Cerundolo, ranked No 22, won against Italian wildcard Matteo Gigante (6-1, 6-3) in the second round of the Italian Open.

Rome Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7,877,020):

• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tommy Paul vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Sebastian Baez vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alexandre Muller vs. Andrey Rublev
• Stefano Napolitano vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alex De Minaur
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alexander Zverev vs. Luciano Darderi
• Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Korda
• Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Tabilo: sunday
• Terence Atmane vs. Grigor Dimitrov: sunday
• Nuno Borges beat Francesco Passaro (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (6)

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