Rome Masters: Medvedev dominates Popyrin and reaches last 16

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 10 seed, beat Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 24 seed, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday.

Medvedev, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed, and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 28 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian won against lucky loser Cameron Norrie (6-4, 6-2).

Popyrin, ranked No 25, won against Spanish qualifier Carlos Taberner (6-1, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):

• Hugo Dellien vs. Alex De Minaur
• Tommy Paul vs. Tomas Machac
• Jakub Mensik vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
• Jaume Munar vs. Sebastian Korda
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Jannik Sinner vs. Jesper De Jong
• Laslo Djere vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Francesco Passaro vs. Karen Khachanov
• Vilius Gaubas vs. Alexander Zverev
• Jack Draper vs. Vit Kopriva
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Corentin Moutet vs. Holger Rune
• Arthur Fils vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: sunday