Rome Masters: Cerundolo reaches last 16

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, won against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Sunday.

Cerundolo, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, the Argentinian beat Chinese Yibing Wu (4-6, 6-2, 6-3).

Barrere, ranked No 63, won against American Brandon Nakashima (6-3, 6-3) and edged out Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed (4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)) earlier in the tournament.

Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Borna Coric vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Jannik Sinner
• Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Bublik
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Cameron Norrie
• Novak Djokovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Laslo Djere vs. Cristian Garin
• Fabio Fognini vs. Holger Rune:
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5