Rome Masters: Tsitsipas makes third round

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 18 seed, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-2, 7-6 (3) to advance to the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Friday afternoon.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 19, will face Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 13 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, Muller, ranked No 39, edged out Jiri Lehecka (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)).

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

• Jannik Sinner vs. Mariano Navone
• Luca Nardi vs. Alex De Minaur
• Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jesper De Jong vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Jakub Mensik vs. Matteo Gigante
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Taylor Fritz vs. Marcos Giron
• Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Learner Tien vs. Tomas Machac
• Tommy Paul vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Andrey Rublev
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Alexander Zverev
• Jack Draper vs. Luciano Darderi
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Vilius Gaubas
• Francisco Comesana vs. Holger Rune
• Vit Kopriva vs. Sebastian Baez
• Alex Michelsen vs. Laslo Djere: friday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Corentin Moutet: friday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev: friday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Otto Virtanen: friday
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (24) beat Carlos Taberner (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Arthur Fils 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