Internazionali BNL d’Italia—Rome, Italy
Sunday’s full schedule at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Italy saw top seed Novak Djokovic advance to the fourth-round of the event, defeating No. 26 seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Djokovic, who will be looking to round into form heading into Roland Garros later this month, will next face Cameron Norrie or Martin Fucsovics for a place in the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, No. 7 seed Holger Rune dashed the hopes of local favourite Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-2 and No. 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo ousted Gregoire Barrere 6-7(0), 6-2, 6-2.
In second-round matches, No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev, No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti all advanced. No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz, No. 21 seed Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 32 seed Jiri Lehecka were all eliminated.
Monday’s action in Rome will be highlighted by No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz.
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Third-round results:
(1) Novak Djokovic Defeats (26) Grigor Dimitrov 63 46 61
(4) Casper Ruud Defeats Alexander Bublik 61 46 76(0)
(7) Holger Rune Defeats Fabio Fognini 64 62
(8) Jannik Sinner Defeats Alexander Shevchenko 63 67(4) 62
(13) Cameron Norrie Defeats Marton Fucsovics 62 76(4)
(24) Francisco Cerundolo Defeats Gregoire Barrere 67(0) 62 62
Laslo Djere Defeats Cristian Garin 63 21 (RET)
Alexei Popyrin Defeats Roman Safiullin 75 75
Second-round results:
(3) Daniil Medvedev Defeats Emil Ruusuvuori 64 62
(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Nuno Borges 63 63
Yannick Hanfmann Defeats (9) Taylor Fritz 64 61
(12) Frances Tiafoe Defeats Daniel Altmaier 36 75 63
(18) Lorenzo Musetti Defeats Matteo Arnaldi 64 64
(19) Alexander Zverev Defeats David Goffin 57 63 64
Marco Cecchinato Defeats (21) Roberto Bautista Agut 62 62
Fabian Marozsan Defeats (32) Jiri Lehecka 46 61 76(4)
