Rome Masters: Mensik ends Marozsan’s run to seal last 16 ticket
Jakub Mensik won against Fabian Marozsan 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Monday and will face the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 30 seed, in the next round
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No 20 seed Jakub Mensik moved into the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-4, 7-6 (2) at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday afternoon.
Mensik, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 30 seed, next.
Jakub Mensik defeated Italian wildcard Matteo Gigante (7-6 (4), 7-5) in the previous round of the Italian Open.
In the previous rounds of the Italian Open, Marozsan, ranked No 61, beat Brazilian Joao Fonseca (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 16 seed (7-5, 4-6, 6-3).
Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
- Jaume Munar vs. Sebastian Korda
- Jannik Sinner vs. Jesper De Jong
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Marcos Giron vs. Hubert Hurkacz: monday
- Alex De Minaur (7) beat Hugo Dellien (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (11) beat Tomas Machac (19): 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (23) beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Jack Draper (5) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Vilius Gaubas (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 6-4, 6-3
- Corentin Moutet beat Holger Rune (9): 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
- Arthur Fils (13) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (18): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Alexei Popyrin (24): 6-4, 6-1
