Rome Masters: Fritz wins all-American battle against Korda to reach last 16

No 11 seed Taylor Fritz reached the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against No 24 seed Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday afternoon.

Fritz, ranked No 13, will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, Taylor Fritz defeated Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini (6-3, 6-4).

Korda, ranked No 27, edged out Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Sebastian Baez vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Tommy Paul vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Stefano Napolitano vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Alexandre Muller vs. Andrey Rublev
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Cameron Norrie
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alexander Zverev vs. Luciano Darderi
• Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Novak Djokovic (1): 6-2, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Francisco Cerundolo (20): 6-2, 6-4
• 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)