Rome Masters: Darderi sets up Draper clash

Italian Luciano Darderi won against Chinese Yunchaokete Bu 7-6 (4), 6-3 to move into the second round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Wednesday evening. Darderi, ranked No 46, will play No 5 seed Jack Draper next.

Roma 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
• 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