Rome Masters: Zverev completes win over Wolf, faces Medvedev next

German Alexander Zverev, the No 19 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Rome Masters by winning against American J.J. Wolf 6-4, 7-5 at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.

Zverev, ranked No 22, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Italian Open, the German edged out Belgian David Goffin (5-7, 6-3, 6-4).

Wolf, ranked No 54, defeated French lucky loser Hugo Grenier (7-5, 7-5) and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

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Rome Masters, other third-round results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego: tuesday
• Daniil Medvedev beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (31): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 7-6 (8), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan (Q) beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Borna Coric (15) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko (LL): 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (13) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Alexander Bublik: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Grigor Dimitrov (26): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
• Laslo Djere beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 2-1 ret.
• Holger Rune (7) beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (24) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexei Popyrin (Q) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 7-5, 7-5