Internazionali BNL d’Italia—Rome, Italy
Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek rolled into the quarterfinals of the BNL d’Italia in Rome, Italy on Tuesday.
First up, Djokovic poured in a clean-cut performance against Cameron Norrie, defeating the Brit 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic will next face Holger Rune. Rune ousted Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
On the women’s side, Swiatek continued her dominance of the WTA, dismissing Donna Vekic 6-3, 6-4. Swiatek will next face the ever-imposing power of Elena Rybakina.
Elsewhere, Casper Ruud also reached the quarterfinals over Laslo Djere, and will next face Francisco Cerundolo. The Argentine ousted Italy’s top player Jannik Sinner 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-2.
Third-round matches that started on Monday but finished Tuesday included: No. 5 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, No. 18 seed Lorenzo Musetti and No. 19 seed Alexander Zverev all advancing.
Wednesday’s action in Rome will feature quarterfinal matches on the men’s and women’s draws.
Fourth-round results:
(1) Novak Djokovic Defeats (13) Cameron Norrie 63 64
(3) Daniil Medvedev Defeats (19) Alexander Zverev 62 76(3)
(4) Casper Ruud Defeats Laslo Djere 61 63
Yannick Hanfmann Defeats (6) Andrey Rublev 76(5) 46 63
(7) Holger Rune Defeats Alexei Popyrin 64 57 64
(24) Francisco Cerundolo Defeats (8) Jannik Sinner 67(3) 62 62
Third-round results:
(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Lorenzo Sonego 63 76(3)
(18) Lorenzo Musetti Defeats (12) Frances Tiafoe 57 64 63
(19) Alexander Zverev Defeats J.J. Wolf 64 75
