Rome Masters: Ruud reaches last eight

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Rome Masters by winning against Serb Laslo Djere 6-1, 6-3 at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.

Ruud, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Norwegian defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-4, 6-0) and edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-1, 4-6, 7-6).

Djere, ranked No 62, won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-1 ret.), Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed (6-2, 6-4) and Chilean Cristian Garin (6-3, 2-1 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.

Rome Masters, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Borna Coric vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Alexander Zverev vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jannik Sinner
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Cameron Norrie (13): 6-3, 6-4
• Holger Rune (7) beat Alexei Popyrin (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4