Rome Masters: Zverev books spot in last 16 against Borges
Alexander Zverev beat Luciano Darderi 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Sunday evening and will play Portuguese Nuno Borges in the next round
German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, defeated Italian Luciano Darderi 7-6 (3), 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Roma on Sunday evening.
Zverev, ranked No 5, will play Portuguese Nuno Borges next.
The German won against Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-0, 6-4) in the previous round of the Italian Open.
Earlier in the tournament, Darderi, ranked No 54, edged out Canadian Denis Shapovalov (6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4)) and won against Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 28 seed (6-3, 6-2).
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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
- Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang: sunday
- Taylor Fritz (11) beat Sebastian Korda (24): 6-3, 6-4
- Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Novak Djokovic (1): 6-2, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (8) 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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