Rome Masters: Lajovic beats Nishioka to set up Alcaraz clash in second round

Serb qualifier Dusan Lajovic won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome.

Lajovic, ranked No 131, will face No 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz next.

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

• Jacob Fearnley vs. Fabio Fognini
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Learner Tien vs. Reilly Opelka
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Marcos Giron
• Alexander Bublik vs. Roman Safiullin
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Luca Nardi vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Nuno Borges vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Matteo Gigante
• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jaume Munar
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Joao Fonseca
• Mariano Navone vs. Federico Cina
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
• Hugo Gaston vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jesper De Jong vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Luciano Darderi
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Otto Virtanen
• Vilius Gaubas vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Cameron Norrie
• Laslo Djere vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Francesco Passaro vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
• Vit Kopriva vs. Quentin Halys: wednesday
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Carlos Taberner (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli beat Pablo Carreno Busta (LL): 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
• Alexandre Muller beat Jiri Lehecka: 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jordan Thompson beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Francisco Comesana beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 7-5
• Corentin Moutet beat Rinky Hijikata: 3-6, 6-1, 7-5