Rome Masters: Sensational Munar rolls against Korda to book last 16 spot
Jaume Munar defeated Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-2 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 29 seed, and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Spaniard Jaume Munar beat American Sebastian Korda, the No 22 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Monday afternoon.
Munar, ranked No 66, will play the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 29 seed, and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, next.
The Spaniard edged out Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera (4-6, 6-2, 7-5) and won against American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed (6-2, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, Korda, ranked No 23, defeated Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-3, 6-4).
Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Casper Ruud
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Jesper De Jong (LL): 6-4, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (17) beat Sebastian Ofner (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (30) beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
- Jakub Mensik (20) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- 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
