Rome Masters: Coric bests Monteiro to reach third round

Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, advanced to the third round of the Rome Masters by edging out Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) at the Foro Italico on Saturday afternoon.

The Croatian came back from a set down, winning the final two sets courtesy of two close tiebreaks. The Cincinnati champion is looking to build on an impressive run the last four of the Madrid Open last week, where he was knocked out by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Coric, ranked No 16, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena and No 20 seed Daniel Evans next.

Monteiro, ranked No 98, beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (6-1, 6-2) 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
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Guido Pella vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. J.J. Wolf: saturday
• 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 vs. Daniel Evans: saturday
• 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