Rome Masters: Barrere upsets Khachanov to reach third round

Frenchman Gregoire Barrere edged out Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 11 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to move into the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Friday.

Barrere, ranked No 63, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, next.

The Frenchman won against American Brandon Nakashima (6-3, 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):

• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato
• David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jason Kubler
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. J.J. Wolf
• Guido Pella vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Evans
• Borna Coric vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Arthur Fils vs. Holger Rune
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul: friday
• Fabio Fognini (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (30): 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• 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 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