Rome Masters: Shevchenko through to third round

Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko moved into the third round of the Rome Masters by winning against Argentinian Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-4 at the Foro Italico on Friday afternoon.

Shevchenko, ranked No 93, will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, next.

Baez, ranked No 40, defeated Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Italian Open.

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
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Arthur Fils vs. Holger Rune
• Karen Khachanov vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Laslo Djere
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Fabio Fognini
• Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda: friday
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Grigor Dimitrov: friday
• Marton Fucsovics beat Alex De Minaur (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Yibing Wu: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (10): 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-2, 6-3