Rome Masters: Coric books spot in last 16

Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Rome Masters by beating Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (3), 6-1 at the Foro Italico on Monday.

Coric, ranked No 16, will play the winner of the match between Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.

The Croat edged out Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Carballes Baena, ranked No 51, won against Hugo Dellien (6-2, 6-3) and edged out No 20 seed Daniel Evans (7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4).

Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe
• J.J. Wolf vs. Alexander Zverev
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Yannick Hanfmann: monday
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko (LL): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Laslo Djere beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
• Holger Rune (7) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5