Musetti into Rome quarters with win over Medvedev – after three-hour rain delay on match point
Lorenzo Musetti defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 13 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, in the next round
Tristan Lapierre / Tennis Majors
Italian Lorenzo Musetti reached the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-4 win over 10th seed Daniil Medvedev at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.
Musetti had to wait three hours before getting there though, after the match was delayed due to rain when he stood at match point in the second set. When they resumed, he needed just one point to clinch the win.
The Italian will play either second seed Alexander Zverev of Germany or No 13 seed Arthur Fils next.
Ahead of his victory, the Italian won against Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen (6-3, 6-2) and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 28 seed (6-4, 6-3).
Medvedev, ranked No 11, won against lucky loser Cameron Norrie (6-4, 6-2) and Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 24 seed (6-4, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Roma Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Tommy Paul vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jaume Munar vs. Casper Ruud
- Arthur Fils vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jannik Sinner vs. Francisco Cerundolo: tuesday
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jakub Mensik: tuesday
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Karen Khachanov (23): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Jack Draper (5) beat Corentin Moutet: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
