Rome Masters: Zverev eases past Gaubas to breeze into last 16

German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, won against Lithuanian qualifier Vilius Gaubas 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Zverev, ranked No 2, will play Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 13 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the German defeated Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli (6-2, 6-1).

Gaubas, ranked No 154, edged out Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4) and won against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 27 seed (6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.

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

• Hugo Dellien vs. Alex De Minaur
• Tommy Paul vs. Tomas Machac
• Jakub Mensik vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
• Jaume Munar vs. Sebastian Korda
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Jannik Sinner vs. Jesper De Jong
• Laslo Djere vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Francesco Passaro vs. Karen Khachanov
• Jack Draper vs. Vit Kopriva: sunday
• Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 6-4, 6-3
• Corentin Moutet beat Holger Rune (9): 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Arthur Fils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (18): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Alexei Popyrin (24): 6-4, 6-1