Rome Masters: Impressive Sinner eases into third round

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, won against Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico on Friday.

Sinner, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Russian lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko and Argentinian Sebastian Baez next.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 104, benefited from the abandonment of Spaniard Jaume Munar (4-2) 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):

• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniel Evans
• Borna Coric vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jason Kubler
• David Goffin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. J.J. Wolf
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Guido Pella vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan
• Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ben Shelton
• Arthur Fils vs. Holger Rune
• Karen Khachanov vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Laslo Djere
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Fabio Fognini
• Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Sebastian Baez
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Yibing Wu vs. Francisco Cerundolo: friday
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Alexei Popyrin: friday
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 6-2, 6-3