Rome Masters: Dimitrov through to last 16, faces Fritz next

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, beat French qualifier Terence Atmane 7-6 (3), 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday.

Dimitrov, ranked No 10, will face No 11 seed Taylor Fritz next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, the Bulgarian won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (7-5, 6-4).

Atmane, ranked No 137, defeated American Christopher Eubanks (6-4, 6-4) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 26 seed (7-5, 1-0 ret.) earlier in the tournament.

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Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):

• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tommy Paul vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Sebastian Baez vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Alexandre Muller vs. Andrey Rublev
• Stefano Napolitano vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alex De Minaur
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Cameron Norrie
• Alexander Zverev vs. Luciano Darderi
• Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Taylor Fritz vs. Sebastian Korda: sunday
• Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Novak Djokovic (1): 6-2, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (16) beat Francisco Cerundolo (20): 6-2, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Francesco Passaro (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (4)
• Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (6)