Rome Masters: De Minaur reaches third round, defeating local favourite Nardi

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, defeated Italian wildcard Luca Nardi 6-4, 7-5 to move into the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome, to close the day on Saturday evening.

De Minaur, ranked No 8, will face lucky loser Hugo Dellien next. Nardi, ranked No 95, had won against Flavio Cobolli (6-3, 6-4) in the first round.

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

• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Mariano Navone: 6-3, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Ben Shelton (12): 6-2, 6-1
• Hugo Dellien beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 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 (22) 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