Rome Masters: Tiafoe moves into third round
Frances Tiafoe won against Daniel Altmaier 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday and will play No 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti in the next round
Frances Tiafoe in Rome (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed, defeated German qualifier Daniel Altmaier 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Sunday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 12, will face No 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti next.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, Altmaier, ranked No 65, won against Italian wildcard Giulio Zeppieri (7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0).
Rome Masters, other second-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
- Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Matteo Arnaldi (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (9): 6-4, 6-1
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-2
- Marco Cecchinato beat Roberto Bautista Agut (21): 6-2, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Yoshihito Nishioka (25): 7-5, 6-3
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Guido Pella: 6-0, 7-6 (4)
- J.J. Wolf beat Hubert Hurkacz (14): 6-3, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-4, 6-1
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles (31) beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 6-1
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Evans (20): 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4
- Borna Coric (15) beat Thiago Monteiro: 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5)
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-0
- Holger Rune (7) beat Arthur Fils (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Alexander Bublik beat Ben Shelton (28): 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Cristian Garin beat Tommy Paul (16): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (30): 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Gregoire Barrere beat Karen Khachanov (11): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Laslo Djere beat Botic van de Zandschulp (23): 6-2, 6-4
- Roman Safiullin (Q) beat Sebastian Korda (22): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Alexander Shevchenko (LL) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-3, 6-4
- Marton Fucsovics beat Alex De Minaur (17): 6-3, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (8) 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
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