Rome Masters: De Minaur makes sixth consecutive Masters 1000 last 16 with win over Dellien

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 7 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against lucky loser Hugo Dellien 6-4, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday.

De Minaur, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed, and No 19 seed Tomas Machac next.

Ahead of his victory, the Australian defeated Italian wildcard Luca Nardi (6-4, 7-5).

Dellien, ranked No 103, edged out Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

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

• Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
• Jaume Munar vs. Sebastian Korda
• Jannik Sinner vs. Jesper De Jong
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Jakub Mensik vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Tommy Paul vs. Tomas Machac: monday
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (23) beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 6-3, 6-0
• Jack Draper (5) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Vilius Gaubas (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• 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 (13) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (18): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Alexei Popyrin (24): 6-4, 6-1