Rome Masters: Fritz wins all-American battle against Korda to reach last 16
Taylor Fritz defeated Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday. He’ll face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Taylor Fritz in Rome (Inside/Panoramic)
No 11 seed Taylor Fritz reached the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against No 24 seed Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday afternoon.
Fritz, ranked No 13, will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 8 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, Taylor Fritz defeated Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini (6-3, 6-4).
Korda, ranked No 27, edged out Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Italian Open.
Roma Masters 1000, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Sebastian Baez vs. Holger Rune
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Tommy Paul vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Stefano Napolitano vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Alexandre Muller vs. Andrey Rublev
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Cameron Norrie
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alex De Minaur
- Alexander Zverev vs. Luciano Darderi
- Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Novak Djokovic (1): 6-2, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov 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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