Rome Masters: Popyrin through to third round

Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 24 seed, advanced to the third round of the Rome Masters by beating Spanish qualifier Carlos Taberner 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the Foro Italico on Friday.

Popyrin, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between lucky loser Cameron Norrie and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 10 seed, next.

Taberner, ranked No 139, edged out American Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-3, 1-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

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

• Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jesper De Jong vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone
• Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Learner Tien vs. Tomas Machac
• Tommy Paul vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Andrey Rublev
• Jakub Mensik vs. Matteo Gigante
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Taylor Fritz vs. Marcos Giron
• Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
• Jack Draper vs. Luciano Darderi
• Alex Michelsen vs. Laslo Djere
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Vilius Gaubas
• Francisco Comesana vs. Holger Rune
• Vit Kopriva vs. Sebastian Baez
• Ugo Humbert vs. Corentin Moutet
• Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Otto Virtanen
• Alexandre Muller vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Arthur Fils (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (23) beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Francesco Passaro (WC) beat Grigor Dimitrov (14): 7-5, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima