Rome Masters: Cerundolo into third round
Francisco Cerundolo defeated Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Saturday and will play Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner in the next round
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Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 17 seed, won against Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (4), 6-3 to move into the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.
Cerundolo, ranked No 18, will play Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner next.
Jarry, ranked No 53, defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston (7-6 (4), 6-4) 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):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone
- Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
- Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
- Hugo Dellien vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jakub Mensik (20) beat Matteo Gigante (WC): 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Jesper De Jong (LL) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25): 6-0, 6-2
- Marcos Giron beat Taylor Fritz (4): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Casper Ruud (6) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (30) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Korda (22) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-4
- Tomas Machac (19) beat Learner Tien: 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Frances Tiafoe (15): 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Tommy Paul (11) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Andrey Rublev (16): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Matteo Berrettini (29) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-4, 7-6
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-2, 6-1
- Jack Draper (5) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-1, 6-4
- Holger Rune (9) beat Francisco Comesana: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Vilius Gaubas (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (27): 6-3, 6-4
- Vit Kopriva (Q) beat Sebastian Baez (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Corentin Moutet beat Ugo Humbert (21): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
- Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Cameron Norrie (LL): 6-4, 6-2
- Laslo Djere beat Alex Michelsen (31): 6-0, 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (18) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin (24) beat Carlos Taberner (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Fils (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (23) beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
- Francesco Passaro (WC) beat Grigor Dimitrov (14): 7-5, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima
