Rome Masters: Tsitsipas moves into quarter-finals, meets Coric next

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters by winning against Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 18 seed, 7-5, 7-5 at the Foro Italico on Tuesday night. The match ended close to 2 AM on Wednesday morning local time.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will play Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed, next.

The Greek beat Portuguese Nuno Borges (6-3, 6-3) and Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 7-6 (3)) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Italian Open, Musetti, ranked No 19, defeated wildcard Matteo Arnaldi (6-4, 6-4) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 12 seed (5-7, 6-4, 6-3).

Rome Masters, other round of 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7,705,780, most recent results first):

• Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Alexander Zverev (19): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) 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

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