Rome Masters: Hanfmann’s run continues, reaches last 16
Yannick Hanfmann won against Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 27 seed, in the next round
Yannick Hanfmann (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann advanced to the last 16 of the Rome Masters by defeating Italian Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the Foro Italico on Monday.
Hanfmann, ranked No 101, will play the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 27 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the German won against Chilean Nicolas Jarry (6-4, 6-4) and American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed (6-4, 6-1).
Cecchinato, ranked No 83, beat American Mackenzie McDonald (6-3, 7-5) and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 21 seed (6-2, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.
Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe
- J.J. Wolf vs. Alexander Zverev
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Borna Coric (15) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko (LL): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Cameron Norrie (13) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Laslo Djere beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
- Holger Rune (7) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
- Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5
