Rome Masters: Bublik advances to second round

Kazakh Alexander Bublik moved into the second round of the Rome Masters by winning against Russian Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Foro Italico on Thursday afternoon.

Bublik, ranked No 76, will face No 6 seed Casper Ruud next.

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

• Learner Tien vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Fabio Fognini
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Marcos Giron: thursday
• Matteo Gigante (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Luca Nardi (WC) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Nuno Borges: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Joao Fonseca: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Mariano Navone beat Federico Cina (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-4, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Nicolas Jarry beat Hugo Gaston: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Jesper De Jong (LL) beat Alexander Shevchenko (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Luciano Darderi beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Vilius Gaubas (Q) beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Hamad Medjedovic: 6-4, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2
• Francesco Passaro (WC) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (Q): 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (LL) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-2
• Dusan Lajovic (Q) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-1
• Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 6-3
• Vit Kopriva (Q) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-3
• 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