Rome Masters: Shelton falls in straight sets to Munar

Spaniard Jaume Munar defeated American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed, 6-2, 6-1 to move into the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Saturday.

Munar, ranked No 66, will play American Sebastian Korda, the No 22 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Spaniard edged out Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera (4-6, 6-2, 7-5).

Roma Masters 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
• Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone: saturday
• Hugo Dellien vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: saturday
• Francisco Cerundolo (17) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• 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 beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-4
• Tomas Machac (19) beat Learner Tien: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner (Q) 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