Rome Masters: Dimitrov beaten by wildcard Passaro in round two
Francesco Passaro beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 6-3 on Friday and will face the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Roman Andres Burruchaga and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 23 seed, in the next round
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Italian wildcard Francesco Passaro defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 14 seed, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Friday, in the first real upset of the men’s draw.
Passaro, ranked No 101, had to retire against Dimitrov at the beginning of the year at the first round of the Australian Open.
The Italian will face the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Roman Andres Burruchaga and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 23 seed, next. The Italian won against qualifier Chun-Hsin Tseng (6-0, 2-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
He plays the Rome Masters for the fourth time of his career, the third time as a wild card.
Roma Masters 1000, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Jesper De Jong vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone
- Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Learner Tien vs. Tomas Machac
- Tommy Paul vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Andrey Rublev
- Jakub Mensik vs. Matteo Gigante
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Taylor Fritz vs. Marcos Giron
- Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jack Draper vs. Luciano Darderi
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Vilius Gaubas
- Francisco Comesana vs. Holger Rune
- Vit Kopriva vs. Sebastian Baez
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Otto Virtanen
- Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alex Michelsen vs. Laslo Djere
- Ugo Humbert vs. Corentin Moutet
- Alexandre Muller vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Carlos Taberner: friday
- Arthur Fils (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Karen Khachanov: friday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima
