Rome Masters: Qualifier Popyrin upsets Auger-Aliassime to reach third round

Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin moved into the third round of the Rome Masters by edging out Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 10 seed, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 at the Foro Italico on Friday.

Popyrin, ranked No 77, will play the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin and American Sebastian Korda, the No 22 seed.

The Australian won against Christopher O’Connell (6-2, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round.

Rome Masters, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Evans
• Borna Coric vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jason Kubler
• David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. J.J. Wolf
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Guido Pella vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Arthur Fils vs. Holger Rune
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Laslo Djere
• Karen Khachanov vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Fabio Fognini
• Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Sebastian Baez: friday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marton Fucsovics: friday
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Yibing Wu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-2, 6-3