Rome Masters: Rune ousted by Baez in third round
Sebastian Baez beat Holger Rune 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Monday evening. He’ll play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, in the next round
Sebastian Baez, Monte-Carlo 2024 | © Chryslène Caillaud / Panoramic
Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 17 seed, won against Dane Holger Rune, the No 10 seed and the runner-up last year, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome on Monday evening.
Baez, ranked No 19, will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, next.
The Argentinian beat Serb Dusan Lajovic (7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Italian Open.
In the previous round of the Italian Open, Rune, ranked No 12, defeated Italian Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-4).
Rome Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniil Medvedev: monday
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (25): 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Nicolas Jarry (21) beat Stefano Napolitano (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-4, 6-3
- Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Andrey Rublev (4): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) beat Cameron Norrie (27): 6-2, 7-6 (1)
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Ben Shelton (12): 6-2, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (11) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 6-4
- Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Novak Djokovic (1): 6-2, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (8) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (16) beat Francisco Cerundolo (20): 6-2, 6-4
- Nuno Borges beat Francesco Passaro (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (4)
- Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
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