Rome Masters: Norrie works hard to book meeting with Djokovic
Cameron Norrie won against Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Sunday. He’ll face Serb Novak Djokovic, the top seed, in the next round
Cameron Norrie in Rome (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
No 13 seed Cameron Norrie defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 7-6 (4) to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Sunday.
Norrie, ranked No 13, will play Serb Novak Djokovic, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, Cameron Norrie won against French qualifier Alexandre Muller (6-2, 6-3).
Fucsovics, ranked No 92, beat Serb Filip Krajinovic (6-4, 6-2) and Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 17 seed (6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
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
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Borna Coric vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Jannik Sinner
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
- Novak Djokovic 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
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