The third rounds of the Masters 1000 in Rome are over and the scoreboard aligns with the round of 16. A day that saw other surprises and a tournament that was weakened by other players and top seeds that fell.
The main and most thunderous falls were those of Holger Rune and Andrey Rublev. The Dane was surprisingly defeated by Sebastian Baez with the score 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. After a first set in control by the outgoing finalist of this tournament, the match changed vertically: Rune wasted a chance in the second game to go ahead in the second and then no longer understood anything, under the pressure of Baez concrete, unlike the confusion of Danish. He will face it Hubert Hurkacz who got away with the score of 7-6(7), 6-2 by Tomas Martin Etcheverry, canceling a set point in the tiebreak of the first.
Rublev, however, suffered a comeback from French qualifier Alexandre Muller with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Russian paid for the efforts of the Madrid tournament, not being clear at distance, especially from the central part of the second set onwards. Muller who will find Nicolas Jarrytoday winner in three sets over Stefano Napolitano.
He suffered the pains of hell too Daniil Medvedev, but the winner of last edition survived against Hamad Medjedovic: he finished 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-5 in two hours and fifty minutes. An exceptional performance for the Serbian born in 2003 who alternated some moments in which he was unplayable with other errors. He wasted a set point in the first set and didn’t take advantage of the 0-30 in the fifth game of the third. Medvedev made too many errors, but rose with his serve in times of need. Will find Tommy Paul who had no problems against Dominik Koepfer, beaten 6-4, 6-3.
Convincing victory Stefanos Tsitsipas over Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-6(1): the Greek confirmed the good feelings he showed in his debut against Jarry, probably putting himself forward as the main favorite for the tournament. He will cross the racket with tomorrow Alex de Minaur who overcame Felix Auger-Aliassime with a score of 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4 in exactly three hours of play. The start was positive for the Canadian who gradually faded during the match.
2024-05-13 21:05:10
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