Rome Masters: Medvedev beats Zverev, advances to last eight

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters by defeating German Alexander Zverev, the No 19 seed, 6-2, 7-6 (3) at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will face German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann next.

The Russian won against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (6-4, 6-2) and Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 31 seed (3-6, 6-1, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.

Earlier in the tournament, Zverev, ranked No 22, edged out Belgian David Goffin (5-7, 6-3, 6-4) and beat American J.J. Wolf (6-4, 7-5).

Rome Masters, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Borna Coric vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Andrey Rublev (6): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Jannik Sinner (8): 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Laslo Djere: 6-1, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Cameron Norrie (13): 6-3, 6-4
• Holger Rune (7) beat Alexei Popyrin (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4