Rome Masters: Khachanov advances to third round
Karen Khachanov won against Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 on Friday and will play Italian wildcard Francesco Passaro in the next round
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Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 23 seed, reached the third round of the Rome Masters by beating Argentinian qualifier Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 at the Foro Italico on Friday.
Khachanov, ranked No 24, will play Italian wildcard Francesco Passaro next.
Burruchaga, ranked No 135, won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Italian Open.
Roma Masters 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Jesper De Jong vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone
- Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Learner Tien vs. Tomas Machac
- Tommy Paul vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Andrey Rublev
- Jakub Mensik vs. Matteo Gigante
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Taylor Fritz vs. Marcos Giron
- Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jack Draper vs. Luciano Darderi
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Vilius Gaubas
- Francisco Comesana vs. Holger Rune
- Vit Kopriva vs. Sebastian Baez
- Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Otto Virtanen
- Alex Michelsen vs. Laslo Djere
- Ugo Humbert vs. Corentin Moutet
- Alexandre Muller vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz: friday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Carlos Taberner: friday
- Arthur Fils (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-2
- Francesco Passaro beat Grigor Dimitrov (14): 7-5, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima